Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Ways Convenience Stores Have Changed the World
If you've ever wondered how convenience stores always seem to have at least one kind of cheese-powder-covered snack you're craving, it's because they've put about a thousand times more thought into it than you have.
- By CRACKED Staff
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- April 25, 2013
5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented
There are times in history when comic book pages splashed to life and changed the world in amazing ways or predicted the hell out of some pretty major stuff.
- By Diana McCallum
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- April 25, 2013
4 Situations Where We've All Agreed to Act Like Dicks
There are some places in the world, some specific times and events, where goodness is checked at the door and humanity itself decays into an awkward, terrible beast.
- By Felix Clay
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- April 24, 2013
Accidentally Sneaking Into America from Mexico: A True Story
This is a true story.
- By Soren Bowie
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- April 23, 2013
The 6 Creepiest Things Kids Have Ever Been Asked to Color
Just because you can create a simplified version of real-life events in an easy-to-color format doesn't mean you should.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- April 23, 2013
6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us
We're about 20 years into widespread Internet use now, and it's easy to forget how many of the day-to-day anxieties we deal with are brand new to the species.
- By David Wong
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- April 23, 2013
5 Craziest Ways Men Have Censored Female Sexuality
Some governments seem to go out of their way to come up with the most ridiculous measures to preserve the modesty of their citizens.
- By Hiram H. Huckabee
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- April 22, 2013
6 Mysterious People at the Heart of Unsolvable Mysteries
Occasionally, people will go down in history for some great deed or misdeed without anyone ever knowing who the hell they were.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- April 21, 2013
5 Creepy Abandoned Rooms Found Hiding in Plain Sight
It's amazing how periods of history can stay preserved in a room when nobody can break in and destroy it.
- By Chris Sansone
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- April 20, 2013
The 5 Worst Legal Defenses Actually Attempted in Court
Verily, thou canst only read this list of shitteth defenses used in real lawsuits and mayhaps belch forth a guffaw or two.
- By Felix Clay
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- April 18, 2013
5 Real-Life Stories of Twins Creepier Than Any Horror Movie
If you feel bad for being so creeped out by twins, let us share with you some true stories that range from merely weird to downright bone-chilling.
- By Jamie Flexman
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- April 17, 2013
23 Terrifying (But True) Facts About Big Corporations
Even if you've got a healthy suspicion of corporations, you're going to have a hard time believing this.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- April 17, 2013
4 'Superpowers' Everyone Thinks They Secretly Have
These mediocre powers may not be suitable for a superhero, but they're perfect for helping us achieve tiny selfish gains every single day, and ultimately, isn't that all we really want from a superpower anyway?
- By Soren Bowie
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- April 16, 2013
5 Cities That Will Be Wiped Off the Map by Natural Disasters
No matter how technologically advanced humans become, we'll always spend a good portion of our time pathetically flailing at nature and the various disasters it attempts to grind us down with.
- By Eric Yosomono, Douglas A. McDonnell, Evan V. Symon
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- April 15, 2013
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