Cracked Archive

5 Bitter Truths About Chocolate

While we'd like to continue to believe that chocolate comes from a purple-garbed man in a whimsical factory, the real chocolate world is far darker and far harder than we ever would have thought. Though the general disregard for children is about the same.

Authors: By Paul K Pickett
Published: July 15, 2010
Comments: 646

The 6 Most Misguided Causes Ever Made Famous by Celebrities

We wouldn't mind if celebrity causes were simply vapid or silly. But sometimes, they're down right evil.

Authors: By Will Kriegshauser
Published: July 14, 2010
Comments: 2585

The 9 Stupidest Superhero Secret Identities

A trench coat isn't much of a disguise when the rest of your visible body is clearly made of rocks.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok
Published: July 13, 2010
Comments: 919

4 Nobel Prize Winners Who Were Clearly Insane

Geniuses tend to only be geniuses on one subject. Just as you don't ask Peyton Manning for soccer tips, you don't ask a veterinarian to do your prostate exam. And you really don't want to ask William Shockley about genetics.

Authors: By Christina H
Published: July 13, 2010
Comments: 542

6 Completely Legal Ways The Cops Can Screw You

We are so lucky to be living in an era of law where suspect interrogations with live cobras tied to the ends of nightsticks are no longer common. Unfortunately, there are still many colorful ways the police can royally screw you while Lady Justice shrugs.

Authors: By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Published: July 12, 2010
Comments: 1685

How to Decide Whether to Tell the Painful Truth [COMIC]

Honesty is not always the best policy. For instance, when you're talking to your boss, honesty is almost never a good idea

Authors: By Scott Meyer
Published: July 11, 2010
Comments: 193

The 6 Worst Jobs Ever (Were Done by Children)

Back in the day, people had only one reason to produce offspring: To force them to do the abhorrently awful work no grown person would dare to.

Authors: By Shelby Fero
Published: July 11, 2010
Comments: 630

The 5 Most Absurd Video Games Starring Rock Stars

Being a famous musician comes with a lot of perks. Throngs of adoring fans enamored with your every move. More sex and drugs than one person should ever have access to. And, apparently, the means to get completely idiotic video games commissioned in your name.

Authors: By Adam Tod Brown
Published: July 10, 2010
Comments: 322

Cracked Round-Up: Bi-Annual STD Screening Edition

Authors: By CRACKED Staff
Published: July 10, 2010
Comments: 6

The 6 Saddest Attempts to Follow Up Pop Culture Classics

Just because you've created one masterpiece doesn't mean everything you touch is going to be gold.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok
Published: July 08, 2010
Comments: 413

The 9 Most Statistically Terrifying Days On the Calendar

There are days that everyone knows to be cautious on and then there are these days. Just lurking in the shadows. Waiting to murder you dead.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien
Published: July 07, 2010
Comments: 622

6 Things From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly: Classic

Unsurprisingly, our image of the past is largely made up of Hollywood inventions, propaganda and uneducated guesses.

Authors: By Alexander L. Hoffman
Published: July 06, 2010
Comments: 2199

Battle of the Sexes: Judging The 8 Most Iconic Bras Ever Worn

You know how people always bitch about science taking time out of its day to solve inconsequential problems while a cure for cancer is still nowhere in sight? Well this is a lot like that. Instead of using this prime comedy real estate to shed light on one of the many issues currently plaguing our great nation, we're talking about titties.