Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Psychotic Punishments Doled Out by Famous Superheroes
Sometimes a hero's unwavering moral code results in the meting out of far more cruel and unusual punishments than a quick, clean death.
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- By Drew Anderson
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845 If Airplane Safety Instructions Were Honest
Plus, loads of extra seatback reading material!
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- By Winston Rowntree
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The 5 Most Insane Examples of Chinese Counterfeiting
The amount of work and creativity the Chinese underworld puts into their fakes is so damn impressive that you have to wonder why they'd ever need to steal other people's ideas.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Iconic Things You Won't Believe Began as Publicity Stunts
Apparently, some of the most iconic places and rituals in the world were started purely to create 'buzz.'
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- By Erik Germ, Tracy V.
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Cracked Round-Up: Avoid Crack Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Tiny Mistakes That Caused Apocalyptic Explosions
Settle in and celebrate the fact that no matter how badly you've screwed up at work, you've probably never caused an explosion that destroyed half of a city.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell, Sohrab Merchant
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5 Insane Cases of Imposters Passing for World Leaders
Looking like someone famous can lead to a lot of good things ... and lots of ridiculous, ridiculous things (including porn).
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- By Karl Smallwood, Evan V. Symon
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Cracked Round-Up: A Message to New Graduates
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Worst Hiding Places in the History of Crime
We have to admit: We love us a good 'dumb criminal' story -- which is we're going to take a moment to celebrate these idiots.
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- By R. Barr
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5 People From History Who Were Absurdly Hard to Kill
As talents go, being hard to kill is not a bad one to have.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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Cracked Round-Up: Sensitivity Training Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Mysterious Disappearances (That Were Elaborate Hoaxes)
When things got tough, these people decided it was time to disappear under the cover of a grossly implausible story.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell
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9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs
While we were busy fumbling with hand gestures and illustrations like cavemen, other cultures just made up the perfect words and phrases to encapsulate those little everyday moments filled with ... uh ... je ne sais quoi.
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- By Cole Gamble, Cathal McGuigan
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The 5 Most Insane Duels Ever Fought
A couple of hundred years ago, the proper method to resolve any dispute was to stand a few feet apart and shoot at each other until somebody died. It was a more civilized time.
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- By Richy Craven
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7 Steps to Being the Worst Houseguest Ever
How to get evicted when you're just crashing on someone's couch.
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- By Corey Vaspasiano
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