Cracked Archive - Weird World

The 'Mad' Amateur Flat-Earther Astronaut Who Went Out In A Blaze of Glory
Or was that really what he was doing?
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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South Africa Created a Nightmare Mascot to Fight a Water Shortage
With catastrophe looming, the Department of Water and Sanitation released a mascot to combat the crisis. His name was Splash.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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5 Heartwarming, Real-Life Stories Straight Out Of A Rom-Com
If you still don't believe in romantic fate, even after decades of indoctrination, consider the following true stories.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Breaking News: We've Been Playing UNO (And Other Board Games) All Wrong
Many UNO fans told the company as politely as they possibly could to go eat their own card stacks.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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5 Confusingly Delicious Foods That Only Exist In A Single Place In The U.S.
In Ohio, they enjoy their chili with spaghetti and their pizza with cold cheese. Sure, why not?
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- By Adam Bumas
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Meet The Lamest Cryptid: Ohio's Loveland Frog
If local lore is lacking and someone catches a shadow at the wrong time, the results could be the “discovery” of the lamest mythical creature possible.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Comic Book Censorship Got Shaped By Faked Research
It was the Satanic Panic of the comic book world, so of course, it was all based on BS.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Pre-Internet, There Was Only One Type Of Free Porn: Scrambled Cable
Yeah, pound that violet frequency. Pound it hard.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 True Stories About The World's Most Cursed Amusement Park
RIP Spreepark, the world's number one abandoned coke-smuggling communist theme park.
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- By Alex Hanton
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15 Full-On Bonkers Conspiracy Theory T-Shirts
We're not saying our government ISN'T full of lying monsters. But still ...
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- By Mac Faber
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The Bizarre Origin Of Massachusetts' Statue Of A Boy ... Uh, 'Riding' A Turtle
Consider us shell-shocked.
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- By Dan Duddy
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55 Bizarre Things That (Sometimes) Landed Folks In The Clink
Sure, maybe YOUR criminal gang sticks to simply robbing convenience stores for drug money, but in the wider world of crime, nothing is as you'd expect.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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Comic Sans Doesn't Deserve Your Hate
The truth behind the most despised font in the world.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Al Capone, The Infamous ... Musical Plagiarist?
The hits just keep coming.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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How IKEA Has Become A Hide And Seek Battleground
It was supposed to be a one-time thing, but for IKEA it spawned a trend that quickly got out of hand.
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- By Cedric Voets
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