Weird World

The 5 Most Frequently Misused Proverbs
Many of these phrases don't mean what we think, and the meaning has gotten lost precisely because they're so confusingly worded.
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- By Robert Hall, J. Wisniewski, Chris Snipes
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Cracked Round-Up: The 2013 Tapeworm Racing Championship
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Ways to Trick Your Brain into Eating Healthy
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- By XJ Selman
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6 Terrifying Mutations With Awesome Historical Explanations
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- By David Decher
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Once You've Seen It, You Can't Unsee It
We asked our readers to show us the hidden images and symbols we never noticed before in otherwise mundane things we've looked at hundreds of times. These pictures aren't altered in any way. But your mind will be.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 People Who Took Overprotective Parenting Way Too Far
Really, is it so wrong to love your child so much? Is there really such a thing as taking parenting too far? (It is!)
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- By Chris Fox
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5 Facts That Will Change How You Picture Famous Places
Just like all those after-school specials tried to warn you, stereotyping isn't always the best practice, and some of our most common conceptions of famous places are due for a serious tweak.
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- By Charlie Jones
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The 6 Least Solemn Funerals Around the World
The whole point of a funeral is to help people go through the grieving process -- but everyone grieves differently, and some do it ridiculously.
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- By Richy Craven, E. Reid Ross, Agneeth Mazumdar
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6 Mental Illnesses That Only Happen in One Place on Earth
There is a long list of absolutely bizarre mental disorders that are extremely common in one place, and only one.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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6 Military Fakes You Won't Believe Fooled the World
It's not surprising that these ridiculous, compulsive liars exist. It's surprising that some of them managed to fool the world.
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- By C. Coville, Adam Wears, Douglas A. McDonnell
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6 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Making Comics More Diverse
The efforts to create these characters made it appear that they had never actually spoken to any non-white person in their lives.
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- By Ed Johnson
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5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don't Work
Some habits are really hard to freaking change. And it's too bad, because these legal practices need to.
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- By Andrew Munro
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