Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Impressive Titles That Aren't As Impressive As You Think
Around 2,000 people are knighted every year, and not a single one of them won a jousting tourney.
- By Rachel P., Lisa Olsen
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- January 21, 2016
5 Things You Won't Believe Haven't Been Invented Yet
If a Keurig can brew up 100 types of coffee, surely you can make me a machine that can produce a passable mojito or Tom Collins.
- By Felix Clay
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- January 19, 2016
6 Annoying Realities Of Being An Ex-Smoker
Anti-smoking ads present a pretty simple situation: Smoking is bad because you get addicted to the nicotine. But that's not the only reason people won't quit.
- By J.F. Sargent
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- January 19, 2016
Your Purebred Is Inbred: 5 Realities Of Dog Breeding
Purebred dogs: A noble idea that has gone horribly wrong in recent years.
- By Anonymous, Evan V. Symon
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- January 19, 2016
5 Things Nobody Understands About PTSD (Thanks To Movies)
America loves the idea of its soldiers. But the thing is that real human beings are coming back from war zones with a long list of nightmarish health problems that pretty much nobody wants to hear about.
- By Mark Hill, Anonymous
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- January 18, 2016
The 20 Most Badass Things Ever Said In Real Life
'Everybody has a plan until they get hit.'
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- January 18, 2016
5 Shockingly Outdated Problems Modern Women Face At Work
Most of the headwinds women face when trying to advance in the workplace exist due to cultural inertia. This is how we've always done it, and fundamental habits are hard to change.
- By Natalie Vail
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- January 17, 2016
5 Brutal Reasons 75% Of Special Ed Teachers Quit
When your students have physical conditions that make it difficult for them to even sit in a chair or hold a pencil, an already thankless job is taken to a whole other level.
- By Anonymous, Carolyn Burke
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- January 17, 2016
5 Killer Pranks That Prove Politicians Have A Sense Of Humor
No matter what echelon of society you live in, there is a part of the human brain that stops aging in high school.
- By Nathan Murphy
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- January 16, 2016
I Supported A Family Playing Poker: 5 Dark Realities
Unless you're made of stone, taking other people's cash will sometimes make you feel like the biggest bastard in the world.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Anonymous
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- January 15, 2016
8 Proven Techniques For Avenging Your Fallen Master
If your master was humiliated while delivering a PowerPoint presentation, extreme violence is the answer.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- January 14, 2016
5 Realities Of The One Illegal Drug Available Everywhere
As anybody who's sadly tried to suck the last of the whipped cream out of the can can attest, nitrous oxide can get you high. And, like any powerful drug, it breeds its own kind of addicts.
- By Robert Evans, Anonymous, Evan V. Symon
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- January 14, 2016
7 Famous Mascots (Who Once Looked Scary As Hell)
Cutesy, huggable mascots are a shockingly new corporate strategy. Up until recently, characters of the 'Did Satan create this?' variety were fairly commonplace.
- By Jason Iannone
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- January 13, 2016
5 Insane Facts That Will Change How You View Christianity
It turns out there are some chapters of the Bible that are too awkward, terrifying or just plain embarrassing for your average Sunday school teacher to handle.
- By Nathan Williams
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- January 13, 2016
6 Creepy Realities Of The (Shockingly Real) Rat Hunting Game
Nothing important ever goes away -- it just evolves -- and today the tradition of ratcatching lives on through professional exterminators and amateur rat-hunting groups.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Richard Reynolds
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- January 13, 2016
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