Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Shockingly Outdated Problems The US Legal System Won't Fix
We blame John Grisham and Law & Order for why so many bafflingly archaic flaws still exist in our laws, courtrooms, and prisons.
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- By Natalie Vail
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1112 Crazy Processes Used To Make Popular Products
When you toss your marbles into the trash, you're throwing away someone's super tedious hard work.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Scientifically Impossible Scenarios You've Worried About
There are several popular doomsday scenarios that movies and the Internet love to toss around, despite the fact that, according to science, they could never possibly happen.
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- By Adam Wears
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7 Ways Restaurants Screw You Over (With Science)
Everything from where you sit to the fake smells restaurants throw your way are making a damn fool out you.
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- By Michael Hossey
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5 Frightening Hellholes (That Are Now Ordinary Places)
History never truly fades away. No, sometimes leftover monuments to the horrors of humanity are turned into vacation destinations.
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- By Marina Reimann
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5 Ways Your Parents Changed Your Life When They Named You
Sorry, Buck Suckley Jr., but what's on the inside doesn't mean shit. Your name is shaping who you are in shocking ways.
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- By Natalie Vail
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5 Things You Love That The People Who Made Them Despise
Everyone except Monty Python reveres Monty Python.
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- By Tara Marie
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6 Bands That Totally Reinvented Themselves To Get Famous
Many genre-defining artists started out playing the exact kind of music their fans are required by social law to loathe.
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- By E.M. Caris
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17 Camera Shots That Almost Killed People
Make sure to lineup that perfect shot, right before a wild animal mauls your face.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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18 Simple Ways Other Countries Are Just Better Than America
1st in military. Last in common sense.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The 5 Most Clever Ways People Made Hate Groups Look Stupid
This world of ours can be a terrible and hateful place. But there's something we can do to combat that toxicity: Mock it hilariously.
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- By Chris Scott, Nathan Murphy
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6 Insane True Stories Of Famous Things Invented In Dreams
These people not only managed to remember their dreams for more than five seconds after waking up, but actually used them to change their lives.
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- By Cornelius Heyer, Tara Marie
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6 Animals That Get High More Than Humanity's Biggest Stoners
Yes, animals like to get just as recreationally wasted as us humans do. Sometimes, even more so.
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- By Dyl Moore, Cam Kesel, Javier Yepes, Laura H, Niko G
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7 Classic Children's Books With Shockingly Dark Backstories
It turns out it was the private and horrific torments of total strangers that taught you the joys of imagination.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Bizarre Wardrobe Life Hacks That Science Says Work
Clothing does more amazing things than just cover shameful torsos and pendulous genitals.
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- By Rachel P.
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