Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Absurd Action Tropes You Never Noticed And Can't Unsee
There are some odd storytelling crutches that action movies have given up trying to work around.
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- By Saikat Bhowmik, Nathan Wadowski, Andrea Meno
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423 6 Impostors Who Took Fraud To WTF New Levels
A few of the weirdest, laziest frauds out there have managed to get so far with such ridiculous lies that it makes us worry.
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- By Nimby Smith
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- 151
8 Tourists Who Managed To Be The Worst People Ever (Part 2)
We feel like having enough money to travel and see the world should come with the promise that you won't be a jerk about it.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Things That Prove You Can't Exaggerate Russia's Insanity
Our outmoded Russian stereotypes need some updating.
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- By Andrea Meno, Stephanie Shepard
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6 Under-Reported Ways Big City Life Is Slowly Killing You
There are ways urban areas can damage your physical, mental, and emotional health that you've probably never even considered.
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- By Kelly Stone
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- 200
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6 WTF Cancelled Toys (That Nearly Ruined Famous Characters)
Bad toys happen. But sometimes, toy concepts are so awful that they're left on the drawing to die, alone and scared.
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- By Chris Radomile
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6 Common Myths About Healthy Eating You Probably Believe
The primary ingredient in most of these healthy superfoods is 100 percent organic, free-range B.S.
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- By Patrick Coyne, Alyssa Feller
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7 International Crime Sprees (That Are Totally WTF But Real)
What's shocking isn't that these weird felonies exist, but the fact that somewhere in the world, they happen often enough to be considered trends.
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- By Michael Hossey
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5 Hilariously Elaborate Ways People Ducked Their Problems
These people weren't going to take growing up laying down.
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- By Mike Turner
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- 139
6 Bedtime Stories In History Creepier Than Our Horror Films
History's forgotten children's books prove that at the end of the day, a lot of people want to either scare kids to death or see pictures of dead and dying children in literature.
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- By Marina Reimann
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4 Public Safety Scares With Hilarious Punch Lines
There is such a thing as going too far in the name of security.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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5 Insane Ways The News Edited The Truth Out Of Huge Stories
This may be a controversial statement, but it almost seems like the news media can't always be trusted.
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- By Eamon Lahiri
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- 282
6 Disturbing Abandoned Places (Hiding Right In Plain Sight)
There are some places off the beaten path that fully deserve to remain hidden in plain sight, for fear of stepping on a 70-year-old bomb or tripping over a mass grave.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- 185
The 5 Most Satisfying 'Told You So' Moments Of All Time
Sometimes spite is just so delicious.
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- By Zachary Frey
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- 281
7 Loopholes That Are Basically Glitches In Everyday Life
Who doesn't love stories about underdogs working the system, trying their hardest, and finally rising up to defeat the, uh, overdogs?
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- By Carolyn Burke
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- 319
