Cracked Archive - Science & History
When Colonizers and Indigenous People Fought Each Other With Eclipses
It’s all very dark — literally
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Chunkiest Charlie: What’s the Biggest Tuna Ever Caught?
In pounds, cans, and cold hard cash
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- By Eli Yudin
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The McDonald’s-Krispy Kreme Collaboration Makes Sense Since They Both Stole Their Recipes
A couple of trans-fat-cloaked thieves
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Surreal Meetings Between Pairs of Celebs From History
Leonard Nimoy once gave a cab ride to JFK
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Was One Wright Brother Doing Most of the Work With the Whole Plane Thing?
Some smells fishy — flying-fishy
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- By Eli Yudin
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Which Periodic Element Smells the Worst?
Is it one of the five I remember?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Employees Who Sacrificed Their Lives and Became Heroes
Thankfully, your job duties probably do not include ‘dying as an action hero’
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- By Ryan Menezes
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7 Weird Protein Choices of the Past
Anybody know the macros on flamingo meat?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Paradoxes About How Calories Work
What if tiring yourself out more burns fewer calories?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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7 Full-On Insects Found During Colonoscopies
That explains the buzzing
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- By Eli Yudin
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An Estimated Sin Price List from the Age of Indulgences
What was the going rate on avoiding purgatory?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Bodies in Space Pulling on Earth in Weird Ways
The sea isn’t the only thing that moves with the tides. The land moves, too
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- By Ryan Menezes
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10 Animal Hybrids That Somehow Work
Well, would you look at that
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- By Eli Yudin
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The 8 Best Abandoned Amusement Parks to Visit This Summer
They’re all now horror-themed, in their own way
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things That Didn’t Last As Long As You Think
Turns out you’d have to tune that time machine pretty precisely
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- By Eli Yudin
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