Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Popular Safety Measures That Don't Make You Any Safer
It's so hard to think logically about safety. We figure that any time our health or the safety of our children is at stake, it's better safe than sorry. Unfortunately, this leads to a whole lot of well-publicized and often expensive safety measures that are often worthless, or downright dangerous.
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- By Robert Evans
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986 13 Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Ads Aimed at Kids
Once upon a time, not only did manufacturers not care what we did with their product, they seemed to build entire ad campaigns around tempting us to use them to kill our children.
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- By Matthew Stricker
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- 659
How To Ruin Your Childhood Memories [COMIC]
Don't think about it too much.
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- By Scott Meyer
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- 170
The 7 Most Incredible Crime Sprees Carried Out by Animals
What's the worst thing you've ever done? Ever organized a riot, caused a blackout or intentionally tipped over a boat with people in it? If you said no, you have nothing on these animals.
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- By K. Montagne
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- 319
CRACKED ROUND-UP: Tragic Love Story Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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- 19
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7 Priceless Works of Art Ruined by Staggering Acts of Idiocy
Sometimes there's no good reason for losing valuable art. Sometimes you just have to chalk it up to blatant stupidity.
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- By Robin O'Lachlan
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- 697
6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever
It's hard to believe, but jobs that have been around since our birth are going the way of the buffalo.
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- By Sam Blitz
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- 952
6 Real World Da Vinci Codes That Aren't Full of Crap.
There are, apparently, some fairly weird encoded messages that actual academic types have identified in a ways that seem fairly plausible.
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- By David A. Vindiola
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- 544
How to Wallow in Unbridled Hedonism [COMIC]
Hedonism vs unbridled hedonism is a surprisingly crucial distinction.
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- By Scott Meyer
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- 164
Cracked Round-Up: James Joyce Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes
Now, we're not saying that cheaters win. We're just saying... well actually we are saying that. You just have to be really good at it.
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- By Dan Seitz
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- 519
6 Insane True Stories Too Awesome for a Chuck Norris Movie
Any loser can disarm a villain with a fist, machete or well-crafted joke. But it takes a real MacGyver to disarm an opponent with nothing but his wits, fast reflexes and a rabid puppy.
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- By Paul K Pickett, Karl Smallwood
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- 500
How to Fix Health Problems With Positive Thinking [COMIC]
Note: It's much easier when it's someone else's health problems.
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- By Scott Meyer
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- 87
7 Great Foods (That Were Created Thanks to Dick Moves)
Actually, a lot of your favorite foods were created thanks to incompetence, laziness, or just plain simple douchebaggery.
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- By Rohan Ramakrishnan
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- 909
How to Deal With Someone With Inflated Self Esteem [COMIC]
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- By Scott Meyer
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- 235
