Cracked Archive - Weird World
Explaining The Idiotic QAnon 'Rolling Stones And JFK Jr' Theory
"Keith Richards is actually JFK Jr. in disguise, and Michael Jackson is alive and well and--"
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6 Thousands Of Monkeys Have Taken Over A South Carolina Island
Since 1979, a colony of medical research monkeys have lived alone on a small island in South Carolina.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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5 Children’s Books That Won't Drive Parents Mad
Sometimes a book brings Seussian-level joy to you and yours.
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- By Chris Corlew
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'CFO' Magazine Kept Honoring CFOs, Who Kept Getting Arrested
Finally, they decided to stop giving out awards.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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There's No Nobel Prize In Economics. It's All A Lie.
One heir of Albert Nobel's says he despised economists.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Sure Seems Like We're Busier Post-Lockdown
Last year's idleness makes us feel too busy now.
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- By Ginny Hogan
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4 Obvious Grifts That Keep Fooling People
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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4 Bonkers Novels About The Second Coming
These non-fundamentalist takes on the idea are even weirder than religious ones.
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- By Talbert Gregson
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The Current Paper Shortage, Shortly Explained
Just like most any important story in the history of human civilization, it all started with our need to expel our own inner crap.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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4 Boomer Pop Culture Staples That Are Getting Weird
Woodstock keeps failing, and the news industry keeps rotting.
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- By Mark Hill
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For Centuries, A (Nude) Mystery Giant Has Watched Over A British Village
The Cerne Abbas Giant has been a staple for Dorset, but no one knows when it came from or why it's there.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Arizona Held A Witchcraft Trial In The '70s
Ann Stewart was fired for "teaching about witchcraft (have stated that you are a witch)."
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- By Ryan Menezes
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That Time Google Made Creepy Sailing Showrooms
In the early 2010s, Google tried (and failed) to construct barges that could travel around and show off new products.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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How 'Dungeons & Dragons' Rose In Popularity Due To A Missing Teen And Cult Hysteria
Because sometimes, a coincidence apparently means there most definitely is a cult trying to resurrect an ancient dragon demon underneath a university.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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5 Discoveries From America's Weirdest 'Haunted' Museum
"Las Vegas' scariest attraction"? That's a bold claim.
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- By William Kuechenberg
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