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1. Nicolas Minovicis Hanging Studies (1905)
In order to find out what happens when somebody is hanged Roumanian forensic scientist Nicolas Minovici advised an assistant to hang him and some of his collaborators - 12 times.

Minovici was well aware…

Psychologists are skilled at inventing unusual tests of human thought and behaviour, but some research is pretty weird. Over the past few months I've been examining some of the weirdest studies around. There's research into psychic dogs, invasions…

Few of our readers know that Cracked's full legal name is the "Cracked Foundation for Scholastic Achievement," and has been since 2008, when we discovered we couldn't register as a religion because of all the swear words we'd published. This name…

In the 1950's Warner Brothers released a cartoon that resembled a black version of Snow White

Marilyn Monroe make-up. She really slathered it on. Her regimen eventually ended up taking 3 hours. Video is long but has lots of interesting facts scattered throughout.

Monroe had three marriages, first to James Dougherty, then to Joe DiMaggio, and lastly Arthur Miller. Monroe is alleged to have had affairs with both Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Marlon Brando, in his autobiography Songs My Mother Taught Me, also claimed…

Have you ever wondered why your doctor asks you to do odd things like touch your nose during an office visit, then scribbles notes in your chart? It's because there are many physical tests that can tell whether your body is functioning as it should.…

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Seven Random Facts about Audrey Hepburn

1. Audrey had a pet deer named Pippin.
2. The film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the film that made Audrey Hepburn a star, was named “Most Racist Movie” on Complex’s 2010 list of top 50 most racist…