Cracked Archive

5 Ways Your Taste in Music is Scientifically Programmed
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- By Kristi Harrison, Chris Radomile
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7 Horrifying Uses of the Human Body to Create Art
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- By Rayan Tofique
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5 Famous Artists Who Tried to Destroy Their Own Work
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- By Drew Anderson
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The 6 Most Hilariously Insane Overreactions of All Time
Even if you've never, say, pulled a gun on somebody who cut you off in traffic, you've probably only imagined yourself doing it. Not everyone is capable of such restraint.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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5 Insignificant Things That Determine if Someone Likes You
The good news is that there are some unexpected shortcuts that can make a person popular. The bad news is that they're just as stupid and arbitrary as the ones you already knew.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Eerily Sophisticated Ways Animals Communicate
We know animals communicate, sure. But it's not like animals lie, or gossip, or argue. Right?
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Everyday Things You Won't Believe Are Copyrighted
Since all of human history consists of people thinking of ways to take good ideas and make them terrible, these days copyright laws have been taken to absurd extremes.
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- By C. Coville, Ajay Kumar, Karl Smallwood, Andrew Marinus
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5 Crazy Ways the Colors Red and Blue Control Your Life
Your brain and body react to two colors -- red and blue -- in distinct and downright weird ways that science doesn't completely understand.
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- By Monte Richard
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6 Insane Stereotypes That Movies Can't Seem to Get Over
It turns out there are subtle ways that Hollywood has been enforcing wrongheaded ideas right under our noses, and sometimes in our favorite films.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Weapon Myths You Probably Believe (Thanks to Movies)
You might want to put on some comfy pants and get out a tub of consolation ice cream, because we're about to let you way, way down.
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- By Robert Evans, Chris Radomile, Emir Hadzimuhamedovic
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The 12 Most Ridiculous Old-Timey Transportation Innovations
Nobody was ever more batshit crazy than old-timey inventors. Ever.
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- By Jesse Clark, R. Jason Benson
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5 Classic Superman Comics That Prove He Used to Be a Dick
Turns out that back in the day, the Man of Steel was less of a big blue Boy Scout and more of a raging anti-establishment maniac in red underpants who spent more time destroying property than catching criminals.
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- By Dillon Fenner
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5 Military Weapons Clearly Designed by a 5-Year-Old
There's a pretty big difference between what works in a cartoon and what works in real life. But military generals and weapons designers both have an inner child who still likes to draw super awesome weapons on the back of a notebook.
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- By Elsa Moriarty
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