Science & History
6 Historical Events That Are Way More Modern Than You Think
In which you'll discover that stuff you only thought existed in grainy old pictures continued until just a few years ago.
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- By Robert Evans, Pauli Poisuo, Jacopo della Quercia , Xavier Jackson
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6 Mind-Blowing Ways Poop Created the Modern World
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- By Mohammed Shariff
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6 Insect Predators That Go Out of Their Way to Be Evil
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- By Jonathan Wojcik
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6 Terrifying New Creatures Science Just Discovered
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- By CRACKED Staff, Elsa Moriarty
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
7 Deadly Things You Won't Believe Most People Survive
Sometimes the things that seem deadliest aren't so much deadly as they are inconvenient.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Ridiculous Cold War Myths You Learned in History Class
During the Cold War there were good guys and bad guys. And it was all bullshit
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Insane Attempts to Communicate With the Future
Time travel is probably not going to happen. But that's doesn't mean we can't at least communicate with the distant future. With nothing more than a message to send and a ludicrous amount of funding, there are all sorts of projects to preserve messages for your great-great-(great-great-great...) grandchildren.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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The 5 Saddest Attempts to Take Over a Country
When we hear about a rebellion in Egypt or Libya or elsewhere, we instinctively want to root for the scrappy kids trying to fight back against The Man. Of course, a lot of coup attempts aren't all that inspirational. Some, in fact, border on slapstick comedy.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The 5 Most Insane Rescue Missions That Actually Worked
We know how it is in movies but sometimes in real life, every once in a while, the good guys pull off a rescue that would seem grossly implausible by Hollywood standards.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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The 5 Most Unintentionally Creepy Gifts Given to Presidents
What do you get the man who has everything? The answer to that question is usually something lame like a 'poem' or a 'song' or 'a heartfelt macaroni portrait.' But sometimes it's something awesome like 'furniture made from super-predators' or 'all the cheese.'
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- By Julien Blower
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5 Ridiculous Archaeological Frauds (That Fooled the World)
As enchanted as we are with the search for Holy Grail-esque treasures, every so often a discovery comes along that excites us so much that we forget to ask whether it might be bullshit.
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- By Josie Moore
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The 6 Worst Attempts at Damage Control in Political Scandals
Embattled politicians will either fess up and resign, or deny and fight charges levelled against them. Some politicians, however, choose a different course.
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- By Steve Keller
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7 Species That Got Screwed Over by Mother Nature
Evolution is the art of producing the deadliest, meanest, most efficient beasts possible. But it's not a perfect process: There's just a slew of animals rolling fatly around the reject pile, just waiting to be killed and eaten (and if you don't hurry, some of them will even do it themselves).
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- By Al and Bruce Paton
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The 5 Most Embarrassing Architectural Failures Ever
Even architects, foremen and chief engineers come in to work hungover once in a while, and that's when we get failures like these.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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The 5 Craziest War Stories (All Happened on the Same Ship)
When we say that this ship's service played out in exactly the way it would if it had been a hastily-scripted Adam Sandler comedy, we're not exaggerating.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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