Science & History
5 Beloved People You Never Knew Said Crazy Horrible Stuff
Search deep enough, and even the most beloved figures have at one point or another blurted out something stupid, condescending, or plain hateful.
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- By Stephan Roget
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5 Underreported Jerk Moves By Famous Historical Figures
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- By Stephan Roget
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How To Stay Motivated, According To Science
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Heartwarming Stories From History Among All The Horror
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- By James Freeth
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Insane Health Scares You Never Learned About In School
History has played host to a range of terrifying diseases that did their business, crippled some populations and straight-up vanished.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Historical Deaths That Read Like Crazy Myths (But Aren’t)
Our condolences, but a lightning strike to the exact center of your head is a pretty awesome way to go.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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18 Dumb Gender-Based Assumptions That Need To Stop
Sitcoms lied to us.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Huge Innovations Held Back By Plain Human Stupidity
Human Innovation is an unstoppable steamroller, until it collides with the steamroller that is Human Stupidity.
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- By John Preston Ford
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21 Otherworldly-Appearing Science Tricks
We often joke that science is a form of dark magic, but now we're kinda starting to believe it.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Fascinating Works Of Art Made By Our (Horny) Ancestors
Scientist have been digging up depraved artifacts for decades and, yes, all of this is real.
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- By Laura H
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6 Freak Natural Disasters That Were The Stuff Of Nightmares
In an incident taken straight from a Stephen King novel, a lake murdered 1,746 people overnight.
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- By Justin Crockett
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6 Iconic Moments In History You Never Knew Were Utter Messes
The most dangerous place in 2007 wasn't in Iraq; it was an Apple conference room.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Famous Corpses That Ended Up In Totally Random Places
It turns out some historical figures continued to have amazing adventures long after they ceased living -- or parts of them had amazing adventures, at least.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Hilariously Ballsy Cons Pulled Off By Historical Figures
The United States congress has actually banned people from space -- and it's all thanks to moon stamps.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Horrifying Murderers (You Never Knew Got Away With It)
We live in the crapsack regular universe where some of history's greatest monsters have completely gotten away with it.
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- By Adam Wears
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