Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Mind-Blowing Substances That Laugh in the Face of Physics
These materials are often hard to get and/or incredibly dangerous, but they're worth it for the cool factor alone.
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- By Kevin Falcon
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1057 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate
Often absurd or simplistic tools that filmmakers use to get their points across are more based in reality than you might think.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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- 1278
6 Famous Geniuses You Won't Believe Were Perverts
None of what you're about to read necessarily detracts from any of the great things they accomplished -- we're not saying that. We're just saying that behind closed doors, they liked to get freaky.
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- By Paige Turner
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- 1217
The 5 Most Misguided April Fools' Pranks of All Time
April Fools' Day is great in concept. The problem is that a very large portion of the population has no idea what a prank actually is, or how they work.
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- By Adam Wears, Chris Scott
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- 585
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Seriously -- we're getting tired of playing in our swimming pools full of $100 bills..
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- By Kristi Harrison
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- 337
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Cracked Round-Up: Train Stabbing Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Iconic Characters Who Got Insane Reboots in Foreign Comics
When it comes to translating some characters into foreign comics, it seems like pretty much anything goes.
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- By Juan Arteaga, Maxwell Yezpitelok
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5 Mind-Blowing Facts Nobody Told You About Guns
It turns out the mainstream media leaves out all of the most interesting parts. Trust us, the longer you look into this, the weirder it gets.
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- By Jack O'Brien, Jason Pargin
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5 Real Prison Escapes That Shouldn't Have Been Possible
We admit it: We friggin' love prison escape stories.
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- By Rich Solomon
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- 391
5 Insane Private Schools You Won't Believe Actually Exist
If you have the extra cash, you may want to send your kid to a fancy private school. Just, you know, do your research first.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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Cracked Round-Up: Tantric Sex Education Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most WTF Things Found While Working on an Old House
Sometimes you find some neat stuff when you're working on a home. Other times, you find find unrelenting nightmares that will pursue you to your grave.
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- By Jeff Sloan, Kelly Stone, Robert Friedrich
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- 709
6 Ways Companies Are Secretly Screwing Job Applicants
Why in the hell is getting a job so hard? Partly because there are a whole lot of invisible barriers standing in your way.
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- By Maxmillian Entropy
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- 2104
Cracked Round-Up: Exhaustion High Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Things It Turns Out You Were Right to Hate About School
Science is just now taking a closer look at these centuries-old school practices, and they're finding out that, hey, they weren't really helpful.
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- By Robert Evans
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- 2129
