Cracked Archive
Great Art With Bizarre Flaws You Never Noticed & Can't Unsee
Sometimes an artistic genius has a weak spot right in their chosen field, and we somehow all agree to overlook it.
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- By Abraham Mireles, Rachel P.
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Scientology Spied On South Park: 5 Plots Against Celebrities
Some famous people have the misfortune of becoming the target of a shadowy cabal that's willing to suspend their world-dominance campaign to simply harass them.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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Disney Movies That Ignore Their Hero's Horrific Crimes
Disney films are our modern day fables and they have a lot of pretty messed up stuff happening.
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- By Nathan Wadowski
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/28)
Following the news can be like eating ramen with a straw -- it's way too much work and a little nauseating after a while.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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6 Shocking Reasons You Can't Trust Election Predictions
Sadly, the thoughtlessly simple version of polling we carry around in our brains is not how it truly works.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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Famous Characters That (Originally) Were Meant To Die Horribly
Whether it's through persistence, greed, circumstance, or plain dumb luck, some iconic characters have managed to survive their own creators' best attempts to waste them.
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- By Micky McMichaelson
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5 Eerie Conspiracies Theorists Were Right About All Along
Every once in awhile, what may look like a stupid conspiracy theory turns out to be something that very much happened.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Sergei Korolev
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Presidential Candidates Who'll Make You Thankful for Trump
If we're being totally honest with ourselves, presidential elections have historically been kind of a shitshow.
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- By Chris Radomile
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6 Superheroes Whose Lives Would Be Terrible IRL
There are some super powers that aren't as great as they might seem, and would actually make your life exponentially worse, if not flat-out kill you before you apprehended a single bank robber.
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- By Tara Marie
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6 Politicians Who Abused Their Power Like Bratty Toddlers
The following politicians managed to disregard the law and all rules of a civilized society in the funniest ways possible.
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- By Abraham Mireles, Cassowary Wong
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Super-Embarrassing Superhero Costume Updates
These awful things make the Joel Schumacher bat nipples look straight-up 2 legit 2 quit. Word.
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- By Henrik Magnusson
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- 313
Write For Cracked: We Will Pay Your Ass To Do It
We're looking for as many good freelance contributors as we can find.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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- 319
9 Incredibly Dumb Early Versions Of Iconic Characters
Inspiration works in strange ways. Sometimes, our favorite characters look exactly right the first time their creators debut them, but other times ... not so much.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Simple-Looking Artworks That Were Really Tough To Pull Off
Art you picture as 'easy' requires mastering insanely complex techniques or, even worse, math.
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- By Rachel P.
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- 363
5 Bizarre Ways People Got F'ed Up Throughout History
Laughing gas wasn't used for anything surgical for about 70 years after its synthesis.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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- 172