Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Incredibly Dumb Hoaxes That Still Tricked Everybody
Here are a bunch of lazy, shockingly successful hoaxes.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Tiago Svn, Laura H, Michael Guzniczak
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108 5 True Crime Stories That Sound Like The Worst Movie Ever
Why even pay for Netflix when you can just read the papers?
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Unbelievably Dumb Lawsuits That Actually Happened
Some seemingly clickbaity frivolous lawsuits are actually real ... and crazier than you could have imagined.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Local Officials Who Went Mad With Power
This is what happens if you don't take local elections seriously.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, E. Reid Ross, Johan Kurniawan, Michael Duong, Tee Ngin Rui
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5 Types Of Crime Everybody Pictures Completely Wrong
We're guessing most of what you know about crime comes from pop culture.
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- By Adam Wears
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Travel Alert: The Skies Of Brazil Are Full Of Spiders
It's raining spiders. Hellelujah.
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- By Cedric Voets
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6 Wild Criminal Schemes You Won't Believe Are True
Sometimes, True Crime is stranger than Crime Fiction.
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- By Alex Hanton
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6 Terrifying Animal Swarms Capable of Causing Total Mayhem
Forget rats or locusts, there are loads of lesser-known plagues ready to horrify you.
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- By E. J. Diaz
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Want The Best Job Of The 21st Century? Learn To Herd Goats
Thanks to climate change getting worse, goat business is on fire.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Criminal Masterminds Who Used Their Powers For Good
If you can't do the time, find a legit way to do the crime.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Abraham Mireles, Peter I. Santiago, Marvin Bea, Sarah Philip
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5 Crimes That Got Hilariously Foiled By Instant Karma
Karma, like Justice, is a B-word.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, E. Reid Ross, E.M. Caris
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How A Spider Triggered The Best News Story of 2019 So Far
When police pulled up at the house, they expected to find a horror show inside. (Spoiler: they didn't.)
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Totally Baffling Crimes That Only Raised More Questions
These inexplicable crimes exist as raw, bewildering proof of an uncaring and chaotic universe.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, E.M. Caris, Andrea Meno, Johan Kurniawan, Christian Markle
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5 World-Renowned Experts Who Were Just Straight-Up Crackpots
Selling snake oil is hard work these days.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, Alex Hanton, Taylor Daine, E. Reid Ross
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6 Normal People Who Turned Into Superheroes Out Of Nowhere
These are the best superhero origin stories.
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- By Alex Hanton, Peter I. Santiago
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