38 Hard Truths and Bits of Secret Knowledge That Only the Most Advanced Brains Can Handle

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38 Hard Truths and Bits of Secret Knowledge That Only the Most Advanced Brains Can Handle

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Communist Spy Ring

Cliff Stoll spotted a 75$ discrepancy in the books at Lawrence Berkeley Labs. Markus Hess Cliff Stoll OWCE R TT O a I Q a When he found it, he uncover

Mimes in Berlin

Berlin tried to use mimes to deal with drunken tourists in the streets at night. rop MAP The mimes would go out in groups of four and let people take photos with them while exerting social pressure on tourists to act appropriately. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Norman Rockwell

A Norman Rockwell painting was discovered in a secret compartment inside the walls of a cartoonist's house. CRACKED.COM Don Trachte had forged several paintings he owned to stop his ex-wife from getting them in a divorce settlement and had hidden the originals. It'd been hidden there for 35 years.

Hidden Lobsters

what's the deal with TRADER JOE'S? Can you find the hidden LOBSTER? GRACKED.COM Nearly all Trader Joe's locations have a lobster or other stuffed creature hiding on the shelves for kids (and their adults) to find. Spot it, then grab a crew member to receive a treat for digging up the hidden treasure. S

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Antarctica

Abandoned constructions The abandoned lab on Antarctica East Base, one of the first American settlements on Antarctica, has been left untouched since 1941, creating a snapshot of the research from that time period. Researchers were supposed to come back, but that didn't work out. CRACKED

Saddam Hussein’s Gun

Abandoned constructions Telcome An enormous gun Canadian scientist Gerald Bull designed Big Babylon, the biggest long-range gun ever, for Saddam Hussein-it weighed a whooping 1,510 tons. But he was assassinated before the gun could be finished, and only parts are left. CRACKED

Heroic Schoolgirls

Two Indian School girls helped police uncover oSS-border human traffickers. Shivani Gond, 17, and Tejasweeta Pradhan, 18, spent days communicating wit

Hyperion

HYPERION IS TALLER THAN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, THE WORLD'S TALLEST TREE, HYPERION, IS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE WITHIN CALIFORNIA'S REDWood NATIONAL PARK. It s

Hidden Van Gogh Self-Portrait

A self-portrait by Van Gogh was discovered behind one of his other paintings. CRACKED.COM Art conservators dis- covered the concealed image behind Head of a Peasant Woman, hidden by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century.

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Hidden in the Flowers

The cover of the Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request, has the faces of their rivals, The Beatles, hidden in the flowers. Ringo Paul George John GRACKED.COM

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U.S. Cyber Command

The U.S. CYBER COMMAND cyber STATES Command emblem contains X a hidden code. When cracked, the 32 character string translates into the unit's (lengthy

Giotto’s Hidden Devil

CRACKED Giotto's 13th century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi had a hidden secret for centuries - nobody could get up high enough to spot a side-on portrait of Satan hidden in the clouds.

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California City

Abandoned constructions California City California City (in California) is technically the third largest city in the state, but it's a ghost town. There are hundreds of miles of roads and cul-de-sacs - and no homes. The dust storms caused by the construction meant it never really took off. CRACKED

Chernobyl Relic

Abandoned constructions Abandoned Chernobyl-era relic This unfinished nuclear plant was supposed to provide electricity to the whole Crimean peninsula, but it was closed in 1987 after the Chernobyl disaster and the USSR's economic crisis. Now it's a popular spot for people who like exploring abandoned buildings. CRACKED

Nazi Stadium

Abandoned constructions A failed Nazi stadium The Nazis tried to construct the world's biggest stadium in Nuremberg in 1937. They built a prototype on a hill near a small Bavarian town, but the project was stopped in 1940 when World War II began. Now, the remains are hidden in the overgrown hillside. CRACKED

Abandoned Subway

Abandoned constructions Abandoned subway system in Cincinnati Cincinnati has the biggest abandoned subway system in the world, with more than two miles of tunnels built in the old Miami-Erie Canal bed in the 1920s. Despite a few attempts to get it going again, the subway has never been used. CRACKED

The Ghost Hotel

Abandoned constructions North Korea's ghost hotel The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is the world's tallest building that has never been used. It's a whopping 1,000 feet tall and has at least 3,000 rooms. It started being built in 1987, but it never had any guests. CRACKED

Jackie Chan

CRACKED.COM Jackie Chan His Hong Kong home has secret rooms. When your movies have grossed around US$5 billion worldwide, you can afford some luxuries, like maze- like secret rooms within secret rooms. This was a childhood dream inspired by the Batcave.

Population Growth

CRACKED CO Chi1l & Netfliy PROJRCIT 50 YEARS AGO THEGOVERNMENT INITIATEDA SECRET PROJECT TO BOOST POPULATION! GROWTH.

The Secret Service

The Secret Service can tell the brand and where in the country ink is from. The Secret Service works with ink manufacturers and use ink tags to identify threatening handwritten letters. CRACKED.COM

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