Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Bafflingly Dark Moments In Beloved Children's Book Series
The Berenstains started branching out into children's chapter books that addressed weightier subjects. One such subject? School shootings.
- By JM McNab
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- March 04, 2016
6 Realities Inside The Lab That Harvests Your Organs
Doctors like to call dibs and end up building some impressive collections.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Anonymous
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- March 04, 2016
My Parents Paid A Rehab Camp To Abuse Me: 5 Dark Realities
A closer look at these unaccredited, live-in facilities where teens are forced to attend for reasons ranging anywhere from 'thinks new stepdad sucks' to serious addictions and mental illnesses.
- By Anonymous, Saundra Sorenson
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- March 03, 2016
5 Creepy Crimes That Raise Endless Unanswered Questions
Sleep won't be an option tonight.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- March 02, 2016
7 Important Things Ruined By Idiots Trying To Improve Them
When people get it into their heads to restore vandalized monuments, the potential for disaster becomes hilariously impressive.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- March 02, 2016
5 Unsettling Lessons About Airplanes I Learned Making Them
How does a 500-ton airplane just stay up in the air like that? If it's not wizards, we don't know the answer. Luckily we found somebody who does.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Anonymous
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- March 02, 2016
7 Awful Sounds No One Ever Wants To Hear
Woe be to the aural terrorist who takes it upon themselves to drop an 'ahh' after every thirst-quenching swallow.
- By Felix Clay
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- March 01, 2016
6 Iconic Works Of Art With Brutal Insults Hidden In Them
It turns out that J.K. Rowling makes it a habit to turn real people from her life into characters in her books, and for turning those characters into revenge.
- By Tara Marie
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- March 01, 2016
5 Bizarre Ways Dyslexia Is Nothing Like You Picture It
After talking to real dyslexics, we discovered that the disorder is in fact more serious than we ever thought.
- By Carolyn Burke, Wayne Bellamy and Thomas Ferry
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- March 01, 2016
The Greatest Passive Aggressive Reference Letter Ever
Chris is constantly doing things that no one else would even dare, as he has no apparent fear of failure, understanding of his personal limitations, or respect for natural law.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- February 29, 2016
My Wealthy Country Became A Dystopia Overnight: 6 Realities
There's always an apocalypse somewhere. Today's example: Venezuela.
- By Robert Evans, Anonymous
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- February 29, 2016
23 Honest Names For Everyday Products
Dibs on Rubber Baby Bugger Bumpers as a band name.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- February 29, 2016
5 Insane Ways We've Disrespected The Dead
In Japan, rather than let loved ones pile up in a funeral home's inbox, people can choose to dump their dead loved ones at a local corpse hotel.
- By Chris Radomile
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- February 28, 2016
6 Weird Realities Of The Underground Arcade Gaming Industry
It's like 'Rain Man' except the arcades want you to beat them.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Michael Lucas
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- February 25, 2016
6 Ways 'Deadpool' Was Exactly As Violent As It Needed To Be
If conflict is essential to good storytelling, then violence, devoid of context, is entertainment, I would argue.
- By Felix Clay
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- February 24, 2016
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