Cracked Archive - Weird World
15 Secret Business Plans of Famous Companies Revealed
If businessmen are to be believed, every successful idea started as a chart in a PowerPoint presentation. For instance, Gillette's business model must be a simple flowchart that only has one box that says
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- November 18, 2012
6 Fun Things About Fall (That Actually Symbolize Death)
For all of you who live in places without seasons, here's why the fall is so great: dark days, strange skies and the smoky scent of mortality mixed with fear.
- By Brendan McGinley
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- November 17, 2012
The 5 Ballsiest Double-Crosses Ever Pulled Off
Some people turn betrayal into an art form, screwing over those who trusted them in ways so unbelievably insane that we can't help feeling a little bit of admiration for these guys ...
- By Ryan J.
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- November 15, 2012
6 Insane Superstitions That Are Still Shockingly Influential
Maybe you're a totally rational human being who also happens to believe in alien abductions, ghost kidnappings or yeti carjackings. That's OK. You're not alone. Why, sometimes even courts and governments blur the line between reality and bullshit.
- By Jesse Clark, Steve Hanley
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- November 15, 2012
The 5 Stupidest Ways People Try to Look Smart
No one likes seeming smart more than stupid people. Unfortunately, being stupid, they're not particularly good at conveying intelligence.
- By Gladstone
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- November 13, 2012
5 Secret Languages That Stuck It to the Man
We told you about how old-time criminals invented a bunch of the slang you use today. Well, turns out they aren't the only ones with their own language.
- By C. Coville, Karl Smallwood
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- November 12, 2012
The 6 Most Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Look Cool
No one likes a showoff. Not even fate, apparently -- because every once in a while it sees fit to prick someone's inflated ego balloon with its embarrassment needle, resulting in a spectacular backfire like ...
- By Chris Fox
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- November 11, 2012
The 7 Most Insane Things Done in the Name of Love
No matter how much you love your significant other, you've probably never crossed the line from crazy romantic to crazy insane. We can't say the same thing about these guys.
- By Eddie Rodriguez, Jamie Flexman
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- November 10, 2012
6 Ways to Travel Abroad Without Looking Like a Tourist
I decided to go abroad, but how could I do that without looking like a noob? I learned the hard way, but now you don't have to.
- By Gladstone
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- November 08, 2012
6 Unspoken Rules of Public Transportation (Everybody Breaks)
For the benefit of the courts, and to satisfy the conditions of my own court-ordered alternative punishment, I present this column on the six worst things human beings do to one another on public transportation, and how to avoid them.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- November 06, 2012
The 8 Most Excessively Disturbing Public Health Campaigns
These public health campaigns are just like regular advertisements, except that instead of selling McRibs, they're promoting awareness for a cause in the most terrifying way possible.
- By Scott Pearson
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- November 06, 2012
8 Election Myths You Probably Believe
Some of what we hate most about the American democratic process aren't flaws at all -- they're actually what make the whole thing tick.
- By Robert Evans, Kristi Harrison, Jim Avery, Jared Whitley
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- November 05, 2012
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