Science & History

6 Deadly Serious Cold War Moments (That Now Look Hilarious)
Wars aren't wacky. But wars are fought by people, and people -- if the feces-wracked flow of the stagnant fjord of human history has taught us anything -- are truly, deeply stupid.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Things About Space You're Picturing Almost Exactly Wrong
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- By Stephen Perry
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23 Insane (But True) Statistics
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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21 Important Moments in History (That Were Sex-Fests)
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- By AM Smiley
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The 7 Most Hilariously Creepy Science Experiments Ever
Scientists routinely get away with things that would brand anyone else a psychopath.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Creepy Sixth Senses You've Always Had And Never Noticed
Yes, we're aware that we're up to our 16th 'sixth' sense by now.
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- By XJ Selman
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6 Horrible Historical Disasters (We Actually Saw Coming)
We've got some finger pointing to do.
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- By Adam Wears
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24 Creepy Places You Can Visit
If Disneyland isn't your cup of tea, you can always try these amazing places!
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- By AM Smiley
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25 'Unsolved' Mysteries (That Have Totally Been Solved)
Everyone who stills believe these must not know what Google is.
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- By AM Smiley
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6 Horrifying Facts That Get Left Out Of History
If you think your future knowledge would help you in the past, we have bad news for you.
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- By Joe Hayes
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5 Huge Marketing Campaigns That Were Complete Catastrophes
Sometimes the brainwashing overlords in charge of telling us what to buy go wildly off the rails, and it's always fun to sit back and soak in their failure.
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- By Chris Rio, Evan V. Symon
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6 Amazing Inventions That Will Soon Make Your Job Total Hell
Corporations have taken things to new extremes that are going to make work inexplicably even more miserable.
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- By Chris Radomile
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6 Stupid Bets That People Won As Insanely As Possible
Once Eisenhower's chief of staff bet General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery a B-17 Flying Fortress, he was going to get it.
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- By Aaron Short
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The 27 Weirdest Lies That Everyone Believed
A fool and their dignity are easily parted.
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- By AM Smiley
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21 Absurd Lies Companies Have Used To Sell Products
We like to think the term 'snake oil' is reserved for old-timey traveling salesman and the holistic medicine aisle of Whole Foods, but it turns out it hits closer to home than that.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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