Cracked Archive - Weird World
The 'Mad' Amateur Flat-Earther Astronaut Who Went Out In A Blaze of Glory
Or was that really what he was doing?
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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12 South Africa Created a Nightmare Mascot to Fight a Water Shortage
With catastrophe looming, the Department of Water and Sanitation released a mascot to combat the crisis. His name was Splash.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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5 Heartwarming, Real-Life Stories Straight Out Of A Rom-Com
If you still don't believe in romantic fate, even after decades of indoctrination, consider the following true stories.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Breaking News: We've Been Playing UNO (And Other Board Games) All Wrong
Many UNO fans told the company as politely as they possibly could to go eat their own card stacks.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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5 Confusingly Delicious Foods That Only Exist In A Single Place In The U.S.
In Ohio, they enjoy their chili with spaghetti and their pizza with cold cheese. Sure, why not?
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- By Adam Bumas
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Meet The Lamest Cryptid: Ohio's Loveland Frog
If local lore is lacking and someone catches a shadow at the wrong time, the results could be the “discovery” of the lamest mythical creature possible.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Comic Book Censorship Got Shaped By Faked Research
It was the Satanic Panic of the comic book world, so of course, it was all based on BS.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Pre-Internet, There Was Only One Type Of Free Porn: Scrambled Cable
Yeah, pound that violet frequency. Pound it hard.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 True Stories About The World's Most Cursed Amusement Park
RIP Spreepark, the world's number one abandoned coke-smuggling communist theme park.
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- By Alex Hanton
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15 Full-On Bonkers Conspiracy Theory T-Shirts
We're not saying our government ISN'T full of lying monsters. But still ...
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- By Mac Faber
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The Bizarre Origin Of Massachusetts' Statue Of A Boy ... Uh, 'Riding' A Turtle
Consider us shell-shocked.
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- By Dan Duddy
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55 Crimes With Bizarre Twists
Sure, maybe YOUR criminal gang sticks to simply robbing convenience stores for drug money, but in the wider world of crime, nothing is as you'd expect.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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Comic Sans Doesn't Deserve Your Hate
The truth behind the most despised font in the world.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Al Capone, The Infamous ... Musical Plagiarist?
The hits just keep coming.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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How IKEA Has Become A Hide And Seek Battleground
It was supposed to be a one-time thing, but for IKEA it spawned a trend that quickly got out of hand.
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- By Cedric Voets
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