Cracked Archive - Weird World

The 5 Craziest Soldiers of Fortune To Ever Cash a Paycheck

It takes a certain breed of person to be a mercenary. And that breed is batshit insane.

Authors: By Xavier Jackson
Published: October 13, 2011
Comments: 377

6 Things They Say Hurt Careers (That Statistics Say Help)

It turns out that many of the ways we intuitively believe we're improving our success in the workforce are totally wrong. If you want to get ahead, you'd be better advised to just let yourself go.

Authors: By Mike Cooney
Published: October 12, 2011
Comments: 1055

6 Reasons We're In Another 'Book-Burning' Period in History

What's contained in this article is going to make 80 percent of you want to punch me in the face.

Authors: By S Peter Davis
Published: October 11, 2011
Comments: 1656

6 B.S. Myths You Probably Believe About America's 'Enemies'

Spend five minutes listening to politicians and pundits talk about countries like Iran and North Korea, and you walk away thinking the world is a scary place. But politicians have agendas, and pundits want viewers. They aren't always the most reliable sources, but they're usually the loudest.

Authors: By Mark Hill
Published: October 10, 2011
Comments: 3014

Cracked Round-Up: Central America Edition

Authors: By CRACKED Staff
Published: October 08, 2011
Comments: 9

The 5 Most Epic Battles of Will That Would Not End

Let's take a moment to salute the athletes, politicians and warriors who kept up a fight long after a reasonable person would have said, 'Fine, you win.'

Authors: By CRACKED Staff, Paul K Pickett
Published: October 07, 2011
Comments: 419

6 Prison Jobs That Are Probably Better Than Yours

Fortunately, there are several ways to spin a prison term to a potential employer. Depending on the nature of the crime and which jurisdiction it was committed in, you can wind up with a job that, to be frank, is probably cooler than the one you have now.

Authors: By Benjamin Buso
Published: October 03, 2011
Comments: 501

6 Places That Are Shockingly Easy to Break Into

It turns out that the only thing keeping most of these places safe is that not a lot of people actually try to get in.

Authors: By Evan V. Symon
Published: October 02, 2011
Comments: 718

5 People Who Screwed Things Up for Everybody

Things didn't have to be as messed up as they are now, and it only takes a few assholes to ruin life for the rest of us.

Authors: By Robert Evans
Published: October 02, 2011
Comments: 1054

Cracked Round-Up: Natural Selection Edition

Authors: By CRACKED Staff
Published: October 01, 2011
Comments: 12

The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever Caught by Fishermen

If you're fishing in the right place, the other end of your line might as well be in deep space for all we know about the bottom of the ocean. Of course, what you drag up is usually in the realm of what you were expecting. Other times, it seems like it's straight out of Hollywood.

Authors: By E. Reid Ross
Published: September 29, 2011
Comments: 674

The 6 Most WTF Special Edition Comics Ever Released

It doesn't matter that this stuff is missing insignificant things like a plot, logic or even entertainment value, someone's buying these things, because the comic book industry just keeps on making them.

Authors: By Diana McCallum
Published: September 28, 2011
Comments: 1156

5 Common Crime Fighting Tactics (Statistics Say Don't Work)

Sure, we've come a long way since the days of hanging warty women for consorting with the devil, but that doesn't mean our justice system has made it all the way out of the dark ages.

Authors: By Lillian Marx
Published: September 27, 2011
Comments: 1689