Cracked Archive - Weird World
I Write Letters As Santa Claus: This Is My Crazy Job
A bunch of different companies write messages from 'Santa,' which range from printed form letters to personalized handwritten messages. This article is about to get surprisingly dark.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- December 18, 2017
5 Totally WTF Myths That Pop Up In Every Culture Worldwide
Somehow, there are incredibly specific -- and deeply weird -- myths that happen to turn up in places separated by both time and distance.
- By Alex Hanton, Spencer Thew, Greg Tuff, Daisy Walters
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- December 17, 2017
Time-Based Rules We Need Way More Than The 5-Second Rule
These rules make the world an objectively better place.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 17, 2017
4 Common Things That Are Turning Us Into Horrible People
No one thinks they're the villain in their own life story.
- By Ian Fortey
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- December 15, 2017
Things We Should Have Learned From 2017, But Probably Didn't
This is a legitimate public service.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 14, 2017
Seasonal Reminder: The Santa Clause Movies Are Insane
The 'Santa Clause' franchise is a wacky Yuletide fever dream that inexplicably stars Tim Allen.
- By JM McNab
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- December 13, 2017
5 Priceless Historical Items That Turned Up In Random Places
You find lost things in unexpected places all the time. But sometimes those things are way more impressive than you bargained for.
- By Andrea Meno
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- December 13, 2017
7 WTF Trump Businesses You Never Knew About
If there's anything the Trump brand has been consistently known for, it's failure.
- By Adam Wears
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- December 12, 2017
5 Words On Food Labels You Shouldn't Get Fooled By
We have a million fancy terms to describe our meals that barely resemble human speech.
- By Nathan Kamal, Mike Bedard, E.M. Caris, Greg Tuff, Markos Hasiotis
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- December 12, 2017
5 Horrifying Ways America's Hunting Undocumented Immigrants
Being an undocumented immigrant is like playing the world's highest-stakes game of hide and seek.
- By Abraham Mireles, Daisy Walters
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- December 10, 2017
4 Things You Learn Moving From A Small Town To A Big City
You know what to expect: glitzy nightlife, exotic dining options, everyone spends all day, every day honking their horns in traffic.
- By Dwayne Hoover
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- December 09, 2017
5 Gross Tales From History You Never Learned In School
The past was gross.
- By James Freeth
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- December 07, 2017
4 WTF Lessons The World Teaches Us About Sexualizing Teens
I'm not surprising anyone by saying that the world sexualizes teenage girls. What fascinates me (and equally creeps me out) are the unspoken messages behind it.
- By Lydia Bugg
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- December 06, 2017
The Dark Side Of Crowdfunding (Nobody Talks About)
Launching a crowdfunding campaign is exactly like launching a new business.
- By Adam Wears
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- December 06, 2017
Hilarious Things You've Seen IRL
Turns out your lives are absolutely hilarious.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 06, 2017
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