Cracked Archive - Weird World

6 Normal People Who Became Crazy Badasses When Facing Danger
There are real folks out there who, when danger came a-knocking, mustered the mental steel to uppercut danger in its stupid idiot face.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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5 Annoying Modern Debates That Have Been Around Forever
What's actually fake news is thinking Donald Trump coined the idea of 'fake news.'
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- By Nathan Williams
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6 Ways You're Secretly Ruining Your Waiter's Life
Being a server is a tough job, but there are so many more horses on their carousel of suck beside the bad hours, little pay and sore feet.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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The 5 Most Creatively Bizarre Military Units In History
War is terrible, but our popular culture is obsessed with it for a reason -- the history of warfare is full of great, weird stories.
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- By Sergei Korolev
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6 Terrifying Powers You Didn't Know The Government Had
If you're worried about your information getting sold, maybe never get a driver's license.
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- By Chris Radomile
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6 Totally WTF Mike Pence Stories Nobody Ever Brings Up
For people hoping Donald Trump will get the boot, the guy behind is kind of also super terrible.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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6 Hidden Networks Buried Beneath Famous Landmarks
If you've ever dreamed of going to work in a dormant volcano or an underwater base, that dream can become a reality.
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- By Mark Hill
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Acts Of Nature That Look Like Acts Of A Vengeful God
We're pretty sure people alive in BCE would've messed their robes if they had to deal with this stuff.
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- By PookieJones, Ivan Farkas
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5 Easter Eggs With Scarier Implications Than Anyone Realized
If you didn't think we could tie the origins of Judaism to 'Star Wars,' then, well, hold on to your space butts.
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- By Nathan Kamal, Mike Bedard, Ed Stevens, Jordan Breeding
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7 Google Image Search Fails (That Caused PR Nightmares)
Until some genius makes a spellchecker for jpegs, more organizations will fall into the same traps the Academy Awards and the Fox News did.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Surprisingly Common Deaths You Never Considered
Don't get in a bounce house anytime soon.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Jordan Breeding, Eamon Lahiri
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5 Completely Legal Ways Employers Discriminate Against You
Employment is both a legal and moral maze, full of grey areas, exploitable loopholes, and dead ends.
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- By Eamon Lahiri, Britni Patterson
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American Customs That Make No Sense To The Rest Of The World
Turns out some things we think that makes America great are found to be confusing, unnerving, and downright bizarre by our friends across the pond.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Great Thinker Quotes You're Using Wrong
Spoiler alert: some of the most popular quotes from some of the most famous geniuses don't actually mean what we think they do.
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- By Tim Lieder, Stephan Roget
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5 Extremely Stupid Things We Believe About Rich People
Nobody's asking you to cry for the wealthy, but being rich isn't exactly how you've been picturing it.
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- By Natalie Vail
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