40 Hidden Truths and Closely Guarded Secrets That We Bribed the Earth’s Shamanic Fact Guardian For

We lost a lot of good fact-finders on this mission
40 Hidden Truths and Closely Guarded Secrets That We Bribed the Earth’s Shamanic Fact Guardian For

In the hunt for these buried treasures, it was quite literally us against the world. These lesser-known knowledge nuggets were so hidden and protected that it really felt like the Earth itself didn’t want us to find them. 

Well, it took everything we had in us, but we found them. What other family secrets are you hiding out there, Mother Earth?!

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

Enormous Gun for Saddam

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

Chernobyl

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

A Failed 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 System in Cincinnati

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

Hidden Chamber of Human Skills

CRACKED EINRI AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER FULL OF HUMAN SKULLS Thousands of human skulls were discovered under an old church in Leuk, Switzerland. It's believed they were hidden during the Reformation to protect them from those who wanted to destroy anything that people venerated or worshiped.

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The Great Pyramid

AN EGYPTIAN MAN DIGGING IN HIS YARD FOUND A SECRET PASSAGE TO THE GREAT PYRAMID. CRAG The man came across a corridor made of stone blocks while doing

Charlotte Brontë

A WOMAN FOUND A LOCK OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S HAIR HIDDEN IN A RING. CRAUN Mupil 14:4 The woman says she found the ring in an attic in Wales, and that it

3,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus

A 3000-year-old SARCOPHAGUS was hidden in the walls of a British man's home. The man's relatives had no idea it was there. It was discovered by an auctioneer who was sorting through the house after the man died. Photo Willingsan Auctions GRACKED.COM

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Greetings From The OX Secret B DEZ TENN City During WWII, Oak Ridge TN was commissioned to develop and build the first atomic bomb. The vast majority of the city's workers had absolutely no idea what they were working on and only found out after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. CRACKED.COM

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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.

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

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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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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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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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.

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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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

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