I did a bunch of reading on Cracked. I thought it was neat.
comic book inventions
Donald Duck Minecraft
Spider-Man inspired ankle-tracking
Captain Marvel Jr., Elvis
http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html
Donald Duck inventions
Inception, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ship raising with ping pong balls
(noted by Dutch Patent Office)
methylene (CH2)
Scrooge -> Tezuka -> manga
http://www.cracked.com/article_19021_5-amazing-things-invented-by-donald-duck-seriously.html
infrasound behind ghosts, dread and sightings (I knew of infrasound causing dread, but not that it was implicated in causing visual effects.)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18828_the-creepy-scientific-explanation-behind-ghost-sightings.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_19455_5-common-crime-fighting-tactics-statistics-say-dont-work.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
fake confessions; composite sketches suck; lineups suck (pressure to
pick the best match even if wrong, or the one the cops think did it)
"The U.S. is the only modernized country to throw people in jail for
writing bad checks. In no other civilized (or even pretend civilized)
country will someone go to jail because he couldn't pay a $215 fishing
license fine. And then we have the perpetual drug war, which has added
around 200,000 people who wouldn't see jail time in Europe"
crack/cocaine difference is based on fraud and perjury
drug dogs have lots of false positives and pick up handler racism
car chases kill
"In fact, at least a third of all fatalities in high speed chases tend
to be innocent bystanders, just going about their day. We're talking
over 360 people per year, just flat out run over by cops and robbers who
watch way too many movies."
drug free zones are so extensive dealers stay near schools
red light cameras reduce side collisions, increase rear-ending by more
dry counties have more drunk driving fatalities and more teen drug use
http://www.cracked.com/article_19937_the-6-most-popular-crime-fighting-tactics-that-dont-work.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
celebrity conspiracy theories
Michael Jackson chemically castrated -- voice never changed
Jefferson Asperger's
Elvis constipated, Hitler poop fetish
http://www.cracked.com/article_19552_5-insane-celebrity-conspiracy-theories-that-make-sense.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_18666_5-ridiculous-attempts-at-crime-fighting-that-worked.html
And unrelatedly, Fox hates Bill of Rights
http://imgur.com/a/WbQjn/noscript
comic book inventions
Donald Duck Minecraft
Spider-Man inspired ankle-tracking
Captain Marvel Jr., Elvis
http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html
Donald Duck inventions
Inception, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ship raising with ping pong balls
(noted by Dutch Patent Office)
methylene (CH2)
Scrooge -> Tezuka -> manga
http://www.cracked.com/article_19021_5-amazing-things-invented-by-donald-duck-seriously.html
infrasound behind ghosts, dread and sightings (I knew of infrasound causing dread, but not that it was implicated in causing visual effects.)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18828_the-creepy-scientific-explanation-behind-ghost-sightings.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_19455_5-common-crime-fighting-tactics-statistics-say-dont-work.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
fake confessions; composite sketches suck; lineups suck (pressure to
pick the best match even if wrong, or the one the cops think did it)
"The U.S. is the only modernized country to throw people in jail for
writing bad checks. In no other civilized (or even pretend civilized)
country will someone go to jail because he couldn't pay a $215 fishing
license fine. And then we have the perpetual drug war, which has added
around 200,000 people who wouldn't see jail time in Europe"
crack/cocaine difference is based on fraud and perjury
drug dogs have lots of false positives and pick up handler racism
car chases kill
"In fact, at least a third of all fatalities in high speed chases tend
to be innocent bystanders, just going about their day. We're talking
over 360 people per year, just flat out run over by cops and robbers who
watch way too many movies."
drug free zones are so extensive dealers stay near schools
red light cameras reduce side collisions, increase rear-ending by more
dry counties have more drunk driving fatalities and more teen drug use
http://www.cracked.com/article_19937_the-6-most-popular-crime-fighting-tactics-that-dont-work.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
celebrity conspiracy theories
Michael Jackson chemically castrated -- voice never changed
Jefferson Asperger's
Elvis constipated, Hitler poop fetish
http://www.cracked.com/article_19552_5-insane-celebrity-conspiracy-theories-that-make-sense.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_18666_5-ridiculous-attempts-at-crime-fighting-that-worked.html
And unrelatedly, Fox hates Bill of Rights
http://imgur.com/a/WbQjn/noscript