Cracked Archive - Weird World

As a general rule, we assume that the most impressive feat humans can pull off before age 17 is texting and walking at the same time. This is, of course, completely incorrect.

• By A.C. Grimes
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• August 19, 2015

How accurate is that impression, though? We spoke with a few Eastern Kentucky residents about what life is really like in the poorest part of Appalachia.

• By Anonymous, Amanda Mannen, M. Asher Cantrell, Evan V. Symon
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• August 19, 2015

'To know the essence of a man, you must first learn what kind of fan fiction he writes.' -Voltaire

• By Daniel Dockery
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• August 18, 2015

It turns out the reality behind ... reality television is much more dramatic.

• By Jason Iannone, Maxwell Goldcrest
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• August 18, 2015

What do you really know about the Australian outback? We spoke to someone who works there and this is what we learned.

• By S Peter Davis, R. Jason Benson, Elsa Moriarty
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• August 17, 2015

You can get surprisingly far if you lie is brazen enough.

• By Mark Hill, Timothy Brown, Kayla Layaoen
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• August 16, 2015

If you pause faith for a moment and look at the Bible through the cold, unfeeling monocle of science, it doesn't hold up. Right? Well, let's not be so hasty.

• By Stian Hansen
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• August 16, 2015

Sometimes, you keep quiet because speaking, while it might make you feel better, doesn't do anything to help the situation. Here are the five times it's the hardest to keep quiet.

• By Gladstone
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• August 15, 2015

Basically, it seems like Wikipedia has some weird problems with regard to gender -- so what's up?

• By J.F. Sargent, Abigail Brady
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• August 15, 2015

Hey. Hey there, drugs. Sit down. Yeah, right there on the mirror is fine.

• By Chris Bucholz
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• August 12, 2015

What happens when your marketing team is so inept that your inspirational advertisement actually does more harm than good?

• By Michael Dawson
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• August 12, 2015

Sometimes you just walk through your front door one bright and sunny morning and smack straight into some wide-ranging and lethal conspiracy orchestrated by the powers that be.

• By Zachary Frey
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• August 12, 2015

We spoke to those who lived under Fidel Castro's rule. Here's what we learned.

• By R. Jason Benson, Vivian Moreau, Jose Manuel , Jose Suarez
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• August 12, 2015

Some art isn't just 'bad' like a carton of sour milk is bad; it's curiously bad like the smell of a mosh pit of bank-tellers' attempted small talk.

• By J.F. Sargent
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• August 11, 2015

I've done my best to dig out the most likely truth behind some of my favorite mystery tales. Let's speculate!

• By Pauli Poisuo
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• August 11, 2015