Cracked Archive - Weird World

8 Insanely Valuable Items You Probably Owned (and Threw Out)
And no, we're not talking about that mint condition Batman Issue No. 1 -- we're talking about seemingly worthless junk.
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- By Drew Anders
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5 Terrifying Things I Learned While Buying Guns on Facebook
When journalist Harmon Leon posed as an extremely creepy person with cash in hand, he found that it's alarmingly easy to get some of the most dangerous weapons in the world with nothing more than an Internet connection.
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- By Harmon Leon
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5 Insane Things 'Deadliest Catch' Leaves Out About My Job
Fishing in the choppy, frozen waters off Alaska is the worst of the worst. We spoke with Dash Adams to learn just how bad it can get.
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- By Kier Harris, Dash Adams
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The 5 Dumbest Powers Ever Given to Famous Superheroes
No one remembers these -- in part because they were phased out by the comics before they hit the big time, and in part because they're underwear-on-the-head stupid.
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- By Tristan Cooper, Matthew Thomas
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7 Famous Artists You Didn't Know Were Perverts (Pt. 2)
Pretty much every creative type has a hidden horn-dog side
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Michael Hossey
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6 People With Amazing Yet Totally Useless Abilities
With useless power comes neat bar tricks.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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6 Impressive Works of Architecture in the Middle of Nowhere
This stuff has absolutely no business being in these places.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Robert Friedrich, Simone B.
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6 Famous Works of Art You Didn't Know Were Vicious Insults
No matter how rich and famous you get, you never grow beyond the need for petty, passive-aggressive insults toward those who've wronged you.
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- By Bennett Rea
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6 Children's Games Clearly Designed By Psychopaths
There's nothing quite as wholesome as a board game. But you might be surprised by just how dark your awkward family get-together's go-to form of entertainment can be.
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- By JM McNab
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7 Pieces of Brain-Rotting Crap Made by Artistic Geniuses
Even the greatest artists of all time occasionally produce something they're not proud of, because no one in history has ever batted 1000.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Successful People Who Everyone Forgets Are Exposed Frauds
To make a career out of defrauding the general public, get exposed as a fraud, and then keep right on defrauding people as if nothing ever happened takes a special kind of turd with balls of industrial steel.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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5 Myths You Probably Believe About Major Religions
Relax. We're just going to point out some popular misconceptions about certain religions. No big deal.
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- By Pat Carnell
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The 6 Stupidest National Outrages About Fictional Characters
Characters in children's entertainment are constantly finding themselves at the center of absurd controversies manufactured by misguided people who apparently exist solely to tear the joy out of everything they see.
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- By Pat Carnell
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5 Bizarre Studying Hacks You Won't Believe Improve Learning
Recent research reveals that you can improve your grades the study-less way by simply doing these things.
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- By Dennis Hong, Tristan Cooper
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5 Animals Who Taught Themselves Eerily Human Skills
Monkeys wearing bow ties are always welcome, but as soon as they're hunting with spears and cooking hamburgers, we start worrying about how difficult it will be to learn their language once they take over the world.
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- By Matt Pass, Ivan Farkas, Ruy Platt
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