Cracked Archive - Weird World
4 Wild Undercover Stings (That Actually Worked)
Sometimes you need to start an entire cell phone company to catch the crooks.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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17 Hobby Lobby: The Raiders Of The Lost Artifacts
Whenever Hobby Lobby is in the news, you can pretty safely assume that it’s not for something good.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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A British Shop Once Lowered Its Prices To Less Than Zero
Behold the final stage of a crazy battle to reduce prices, a battle today remembered as The Bean Wars.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Museum of Failure Delivers
Failure is a dish best served with Crystal Pepsi.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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6 Silliest Subjects To Get Their Own Wikipedia Articles
Wikipedia has a lot of information—and a lot of it is wonderfully whimsical.
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- By Andrew Wheat
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The Oklahoma Town That Turned Into An Abandoned, Toxic Sinkhole
Picher, OK is not okay.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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True Crime: The Case of The Ghoulish California Crematorium Owner
You don't earn the title of "Cremation King of California" for nothing.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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The Feminist JAV Star Who Made Hairy Armpits Popular In Japan
Kaoru Kuroki had intelligence, charm, and a pair of magnificently hairy armpits.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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My Weird Hunt And Deep Dive Into Old-School Infomercial Cooking
For some reason, no one can forget the Betty Crocker Bake’n Fill.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Stupid Time 'Where's Waldo' Ended Up On Libraries 'Most Challenged Books' List
Where's Waldo? By that crowd of angry parents with too much free time.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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The Time Idaho Dropped A Bunch Of Beavers In Parachutes
Codename: Operation Beaver Drop
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Wild True Stories About Fast Food Tycoons
Some men are shrouded in mystery and French fries.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Who Killed The New Coke?
Just what did kill New Coke? A vast sinister plot? Pepsi agents? Or maybe it just was kind of awful?
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- By Alex Hanton
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6 'Dream Jobs' No Sane Person Should Want
Before you follow your dreams, search up someone who "made it" to see if they've got the thousand-yard stare.
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- By Nathan Williams
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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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