Cracked Archive - Weird World
The 6 Most American Things That Aren't Made in America
Many of the great symbols of Liberty we Americans cherish are actually not American at all.
- By Seanbaby
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- July 14, 2011
19 Awesome Old School Video Games (That Should Have Existed)
The first 25 years of any art form are going to be riddled with embarrassing missteps, and frustrating missed opportunities. A look back through the early days of gaming knowing what we know now, and show us the games we would have been playing if they'd gotten everything right the first time around.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 13, 2011
8 Words You're Confusing With Other Words
And you know what, if people are going to spell 'receive' wrong or complain about
- By Christina H
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- July 12, 2011
9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In
Part of the appeal of being a homeowner is the ability to customize your house the way you like it. For some, that means adding a deck, repainting or expanding the bathroom. For others, it means entering the realm of madness and becoming its eternal ruler. We know all of these houses make you want to scream, 'Fake!' but we promise: They're all asto
- By Eric Yosomono, Mike Cooney
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- July 12, 2011
5 Famous Ad Campaigns That Actually Hurt Sales
Jared has sold a shitload of Subway sandwiches. Ronald McDonald has become one of the most recognizable characters in the history of human civilization. They are what ad executives dream about: campaigns that become media sensations and make the company billions. But then there are the ad campaigns that only do the first part; everybody can quote t
- By Matt Culkin
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- July 10, 2011
If Flags Got Awesome Redesigns
Most flags designs were apparently inspired by doodles off the back of middle school trapper keepers, since the coolest things they could come up with to represent entire countries or states was stars, suns and maybe a bird or a bear if you're lucky. Here's what they should have looked like.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 10, 2011
5 Silly Childhood Rituals (That Explain Adult Behaviors)
Memes are just the grown up world's version of 'down-down-baby, down-by-the-rollercoaster.'
- By Kristi Harrison
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- July 08, 2011
The 5 Most Horrifying Things Corporations Are Taking Over
But sometimes corporate sellouts involve more than cringe-worthy ads and intrusive product placement. This is when selling out starts to get just a bit horrifying.
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- July 08, 2011
The Off Screen Deaths of 26 Famous Fictional Characters
Memorable characters whose spectacular finales were left to the imagination.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 06, 2011
The 6 Weirdest Free Speech Issues Around The World
Can't we have legal controversies over sillier and more anticlimactic speech issues? Well, it turns out we can. If we Americans can stop being so self-centered for a moment and look around abroad, we can find a wealth of weird old free speech issues, like:
- By Christina H
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- July 05, 2011
7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting
the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that thing last week with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- July 05, 2011
The 4 Most Homophobic Comics Ever Created
To conservatives, the homosexual community is a dark and terrifying place. Yes, I agree it's strange that a cat comes back to life if a married couple walks over its grave, but aside from that, they're regular people, right? These four comics say no.
- By Seanbaby
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- July 03, 2011
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