Cracked Archive - Weird World

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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By J.F. Sargent, Cisco MD
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June 22, 2014

7 Bizarre Music Experiments That Went Shockingly Wrong

This music could be the soundtrack to that dream you had where you fought a giant banana who spoke with your dad's voice.

By Mark Hill
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June 21, 2014

5 Things Movies Get Wrong About Bank Heists (From a Guard)

I guarded a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, and I can tell you with a fair degree of certainty that most bank robbers wouldn't even make it out the door.

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