Radioactivity

Ahh, radioactivity and radioactive materials. The the Museum of the Grand Canyon had buckets of uranium lying around.

I Went To This California Ghost Town So You Don't Have To

Calico, California is a land of uranium and cyanide, but few ghosts.

Authors: By William Kuechenberg
Published: October 27, 2022

Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time: 4 Bonkers Ways We Used Radiation

Authors: By Dan Fritschie
Published: July 27, 2022

PICTOFACT

15 (Slightly Radioactive) Facts About 'Spider-Man: The Animated Series'

Authors: By Andres Diplotti
Published: May 06, 2022

Ninja Turtles Ripped Off Marvel (So Marvel Tried To Rip Them Back)

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok
Published: January 01, 2022

We've Got An Exclusive Regarding SpongeBob SquarePants's Atomic Origin Story

It seems our favorite animated underwater fry cook may actually live in a *radioactive* pineapple under the sea.

Authors: By Carly Tennes
Published: September 02, 2021

'Atomic Gardening' Is A Real Thing (And We're Still Doing It)

"Atomic gardening" sounds about as real as "quantum bucket" or "electron mop." But no, it's real.

Authors: By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Published: July 17, 2021

5 Bananas Secret Projects Companies Did In The Name Of Profits

Running a business can get really weird, really fast.

Authors: By Ryan Menezes
Published: April 19, 2021

6 Great Historical Places (That Are Dumb As Balls In 2020)

Here are a few historically important sites to which time has been more than unkind.

Authors: By Kelly Stone
Published: January 22, 2020

Alert The Baby Turtles, Green Ooze's Leaking From The Earth

It's a crisis miracle!

Authors: By Cedric Voets
Published: December 19, 2019

6 Terrifying Times People Just Kinda Lost Nuclear Stuff

Here are some literally glowing examples of science folk dropping the ball.

Authors: By Kelly Stone
Published: March 22, 2019

4 Stories From The Cold War That'll Keep You Up At Night

Take a gander at some of these Cold War shenanigans.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: August 30, 2018

We Once Allowed Radiation in Some Terrifyingly Normal Places

Companies made a bundle selling mundane objects inundated with radiation.

Authors: By Cracked Writers
Published: August 08, 2018

In The 1950s, America Wanted To Nuke The Moon

Throughout the course of history, the U.S. has at least attempted to put a military base or nuclear weapons in just about any location you can dream up. The moon was no exception.

Authors: By Cracked Writers
Published: January 06, 2018

5 Famous News Stories You Didn't Know Had Insane Epilogues

The news cycle tends to operate with the attention span of a coked-up fruit fly.

Authors: By Pauli Poisuo
Published: November 11, 2017

5 Of Earth's Most Terrifying Places (Where People Also Live)

If you think you've got it bad, you have no idea how bad it can get.

Authors: By Roman Odarenko
Published: October 02, 2017

Radioactivity

I Went To This California Ghost Town So You Don't Have To

Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time: 4 Bonkers Ways We Used Radiation

15 (Slightly Radioactive) Facts About 'Spider-Man: The Animated Series'

Ninja Turtles Ripped Off Marvel (So Marvel Tried To Rip Them Back)

We've Got An Exclusive Regarding SpongeBob SquarePants's Atomic Origin Story

'Atomic Gardening' Is A Real Thing (And We're Still Doing It)

5 Bananas Secret Projects Companies Did In The Name Of Profits

6 Great Historical Places (That Are Dumb As Balls In 2020)

Alert The Baby Turtles, Green Ooze's Leaking From The Earth

6 Terrifying Times People Just Kinda Lost Nuclear Stuff

4 Stories From The Cold War That'll Keep You Up At Night

We Once Allowed Radiation in Some Terrifyingly Normal Places

In The 1950s, America Wanted To Nuke The Moon

5 Famous News Stories You Didn't Know Had Insane Epilogues

5 Of Earth's Most Terrifying Places (Where People Also Live)

VIRAL ON CRACKED

Here’s Why You’ve Never Seen the Original Open of ‘I Love Lucy’

Memories of Muppet Vision 3D: The Man Behind Rizzo the Rat Shares His Memories of Making a Disney World Classic Attraction

32 Snobbish Bits of Trivia That Have A Serious Superiority Complex

34 Mystical Bits of Movie Trivia That Are Like a Counterspell to the Doldrums

The 6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions

Radioactivity

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