Cracked Archive - Weird World
The 50 Most Awesome Things Ever Done by Americans
We've been collecting the stories of real Americans who did really awesome things -- at peace, at war, and while being Teddy Roosevelt.
- By Cracked Writers
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- June 30, 2014
7 Things I Learned as an Accomplice to Mass Murder
In August 2000, my mother's three best friends were arrested for the murders of five people. She was accused of providing the alibi. Looking back, this is what I learned.
- By Robert Evans, Talia Jane
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- June 30, 2014
The 6 Stupidest Designs Ever Used on Enormous Projects
We assume that people who build buildings know what they're doing, but that stuff isn't easy, and damn it, mistakes get made.
- By Tristan Cooper
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- June 29, 2014
4 Childhood Embarrassments That Never Stop Being Shameful
The worst thing about a precious handful of these embarrassments is that you think they won't be a problem when you're older, when in fact it gets exponentially worse.
- By Felix Clay
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- June 28, 2014
The 5 Least Helpful Ways People React to Tragedy
Pretty much the only thing everyone has in common during the grieving period is that they'll hear at least one of the following insipid expressions.
- By Mark Hill
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- June 28, 2014
7 Awesome Buildings That Look Like They're Designed by Kids
It turns out plenty of professional folks are 12-year-olds magically trapped in grown-up bodies.
- By Kel Zhang
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- June 28, 2014
5 Shockingly Childish Abuses of Power by Hospital Employees
Hospitals kind of need to keep things professional, since a tiny mistake can mean death and a massive malpractice suit. Of course, not everyone got the memo.
- By Simon Bower , A.C. Grimes
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- June 26, 2014
5 Bizarre Subcultures Way Crazier Than Anything from Japan
These baffling cliques seem to be based on a peyote vision or some terrible mistranslation in the Bible.
- By Antonio Arrieta, JM McNab
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- June 25, 2014
4 Personal Questions People Seem to Think Are Small Talk
Here, presented with absolutely no judgment on what type of social skills a Cracked reader is likely to possess, are four of the worst examples of intrusive questions people ask without realizing it.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- June 24, 2014
5 New Methods for Losing Weight You Won't Believe Are Legal
These all sound like bizarre torture methods you'd find in a sci-fi flick.
- By Doron S.
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- June 24, 2014
2 New X Games and Pop Culture Mashup Shirts
Everything can be taken to the extreme. EVERYTHING.
- By CRACKED Staff
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- June 23, 2014
5 Ways Saving Wildlife Has Turned Into All-Out Warfare
- By Evan V. Symon , Asgar Pathan
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- June 23, 2014
3 Ways 'Checking Your Privilege' Never Fixed Anything
If you really do care about building a better planet, then there are things about 'check your privilege' that aren't helping you reach your goal.
- By Gladstone
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- June 22, 2014
5 Harsh Truths You Learn as a Doctor in the Third World
The next time you get miffed at the wait time and the weird stains on the chairs in the free clinic, spare a passing thought for us Third World doctors.
- By J.F. Sargent, Cisco MD
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- June 22, 2014
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