Science & History
5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind
While we tend to think words are just sounds we make to express ideas, science is finding language is more like a fun house mirror, warping what we see in mind-blowing ways.
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- By Sam Cooper, CRACKED Staff
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The Creepy Scientific Explanation Behind Ghost Sightings
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- By Jack Mendoza
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5 Things You Won't Believe Aren't In the Bible: Updated
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- By Bjorn Karhunen, Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Creepy Ways Animal Societies Are Organizing
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- By Sam Cooper, Shelby Fero
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Habits You Didn't Know Were Keeping You Alive
In a twist of fate so beautiful you want to make passionate love to it on the couch with the blinds open, science is now claiming that the most seemingly innocent things you do (or did) on a daily basis can be just as good for you as a lifetime of exercise and carrot juice.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Things That Are Secretly Turning You Into A Bad Person
While most of us do what we can to lead a morally sound existence, some completely unexpected factors can turn us from mild mannered to extremely dickish in no time.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Coincidences of All Time
The kind of coincidences you'd dismiss as bad writing if seen in a movie happen all of the time in real life.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Most Insane Underdog Stories in the History of Battle
Real-world battles are rarely won by the ragtag team of underdogs. Tanks beat horses, guns beat spears. Though sometimes, the ewoks really do kick ass.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Simple Things You Won't Believe Are Recent Inventions
We're impressed by new gizmos, sure, but we tend to forget that even the most obvious, basic concepts had to be invented at some point. And some of them were shockingly recent.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Assassination Plots Ever Attempted
Murder is no joke. Failed assassination attempts are.
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- By Jim Avery
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6 Things Everyone Knows About Women (That Aren't True)
When women claim they're misunderstood, they're not kidding.
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- By Dave Easton
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The 9 Most Mind-blowing Disguises in the Animal Kingdom
These disguises are so weird and utterly convincing, you won't you're looking at real animals until they're right behind you.
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- By Jonathan Wojcik, Colin Murdock
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5 Scientific Reasons You're a Bad Employee
Science, you're really starting to chap our asses.
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- By Sam Cooper
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6 Bizarre Forms of Discrimination That Can Lose You a Job
There are still
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- By Robin O'Lachlan
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5 Fictional Stories You Were Taught in History Class
Forget about Stephanie Meyer or JK Rowling or Stephen King--at the end of the day, they just write stories and make billions of dollars. No, the writers who really deserve a pat on the back are the ones who wrote completely fictional stories that, over time, were remembered as actual history.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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