Cracked Archive - Weird World

Unfortunately for those who wanted their legal weed to come with a mellow high, it turns out that marijuana legislation has some crappy side effects.

• By Nimby Smith
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• March 16, 2017

There are some odd storytelling crutches that action movies have given up trying to work around.

• By Saikat Bhowmik, Nathan Wadowski, Andrea Meno
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• March 16, 2017

A few of the weirdest, laziest frauds out there have managed to get so far with such ridiculous lies that it makes us worry.

• By Nimby Smith
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• March 15, 2017

Things are just little different in Middle Eastern prisons.

• By Robert Evans
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• March 15, 2017

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.

• By Carolyn Burke
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• March 14, 2017

Our outmoded Russian stereotypes need some updating.

• By Andrea Meno, Stephanie Shepard
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• March 13, 2017

Stone became rich and powerful despite (and perhaps because of) his inability to repress his tackiest instincts. The dude puts his garbage on blast 24/7.

• By Luis Prada
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• March 12, 2017

There are ways urban areas can damage your physical, mental, and emotional health that you've probably never even considered.

• By Kelly Stone
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• March 12, 2017

Issues of gender and sexuality are always complicated, and when you factor in human relationships, it's like identity calculus.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• March 12, 2017

Gotta shed that sanity if you want to survive in a crazy world.

• By Kambura
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• March 11, 2017

Call it 'willful ignorance' or simply 'being childish,' however you slice it, this tactic of pretending reality isn't happening is way more common than you'd think.

• By Ian Fortey
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• March 10, 2017

Bad toys happen. But sometimes, toy concepts are so awful that they're left on the drawing to die, alone and scared.

• By Chris Radomile
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• March 09, 2017

The primary ingredient in most of these healthy superfoods is 100 percent organic, free-range B.S.

• By Patrick Coyne, Alyssa Feller
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• March 09, 2017

While us suburban kids were taught that it's good to help the poor, we were also accidentally taught to treat them with disdain.

• By Mark Hill
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• March 08, 2017

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.

• By Michael Hossey
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• March 08, 2017