Weird World
7 Ridiculous Origins of Everyday Words
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 11 Most Unintentionally Creepy Christmas Ornaments
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- By Adam Wears, CRACKED Staff
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The 36 Worst Action Figures From Iconic Toy Lines
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell, Peter File
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The 6 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Superhero Reinventions
Classic comic book characters have successfully been reinvented over the years. But they kept being succesful because the core was the same -- no one would ever mess with that, would they?
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Steve Blair
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6 Real Acts of Self Defense Too Awesome for an Action Movie
These stories are all so far beyond a reasonable point that they need a GPS and a Coast Guard escort to find their way back.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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6 Badass Jobs That You're Probably Already Qualified to Do
It turns out some of the most awesomely portrayed jobs in movies require almost no training whatsoever and can be done by almost any old jackass who walks in off the street.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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5 Of the Most Badass Soldiers Ever (Happened to be Dogs)
Dogs were probably useful as hell on the battlefield way back when. With the advent of artillery, you'd think they'd be retired from combat situations. Of course, you'd be totally wrong.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Kenny Thompson
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7 Insane Festivals You Won't Believe Are Legal
Ah, the holidays: A time to give thanks, spend time with family, eat good food, light your neighbors on fire, rub engine oil in grandma's eyes, get drunk, fight a bull and dress up in a white tuxedo to ward off the furious ghosts of fish.
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- By Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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9 Old-Timey Animal Photos You Won't Believe Are Real
In the old days, concepts like safety, animal rights and sanity weren't as well-defined as they are now. And while there's no question that we treat animals better today than we did a few decades ago, sometimes what's good for the animals is bad for the field of insanely badass photography.
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- By Mark Hill
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7 Bizarre Trends That Predict an Economic Collapse
At any point during an economic downturn, there are always obvious signs of the recession. But during these times, there are less-noticed but totally bizarre indicators that things are bad.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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The 5 Most Baffling Attempts to Smuggle Live Animals
More often than not, it seems smugglers just say 'Screw it,' stuff a hippo under their shirt so that it's kinda out of sight and enter the airport security line whistling. Because what could go wrong?
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- By Sam C., Patrick Hopkins
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6 Insane Early Drafts of Iconic Buildings
Everything mankind has ever built started out as a rough draft at one point, but you always assume that the general idea was there. And you'd be totally wrong.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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