Cracked Archive - Weird World
10 Nightmarish Health And Safety Posters From Decades Ago
Today's public service announcements just can't compete with the batshit PSAs of yesteryear.
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- By Marina Reimann
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218 Dog-Sized Scorpions: 6 Ways The Earth Was A Sci-Fi Nightmare
If you look to the past, you might find our sensible stomping grounds used to have a lot more flair.
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- By Micah Kolding, Ivan Farkas
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6 Insane Educational Claims Published In Real Textbooks
Some textbooks are really, really dumb.
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- By Michael Hossey
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5 Fan Theories That Make Way Too Much (Horrifying) Sense
Nonsense to sense does not work like lemons to lemonade.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Famous People With Mind-Blowing Connections To Evil Crimes
Being a celebrity doesn't make you immune from being connected to terrible crimes that permanently change your life.
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- By Robin Warder
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6 Totally Dumbass Ways People Tried To Teach Gender Equality
Some of these attempts are so half-assed that they transformed into full-assed attempts and ended up background-dancing in a Ying Yang Twins music video.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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6 Celebrities You Didn't Know Voiced Famous Characters
Who is the voice of the Yellow M&M? Someone way overqualified for the job.
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- By Joshua C. Styles
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6 Of The Weirdest Tiny Towns In The United States
If you land in one of these American towns, you might want to think twice about stopping the car.
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- By Marina Reimann
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7 Pop Culture Classics That Don't Mean What You Think
It turns out you can learn all sorts of interesting shit about the true meaning of songs, books, and movies if instead of debating it you just listen to the damned people who created them.
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- By E.M. Caris, Tara Marie
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5 Terrible Messages Hidden Inside Every Superhero Story
These are the guys we're supposed to aspire to be. Too bad they're awful role models when you think about it.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Safety Measures That Caused Rampant Death And Destruction
Here are a few times some well-intentioned measures backfired like an old Pinto.
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- By E.M. Caris
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6 Real People Who Got Screwed For Trying To Help
In a movie, an act of kindness gets repaid before the third act is through. In real life? Eh, not so much.
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- By Chris Fox, Ivan Farkas, Niko G
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5 Pop Culture Questions You Won't Believe Have Been Answered
Every now and then super fans undertake so much effort to answer a question so trivial, you can't help but be impressed.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Ivan Farkas
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6 Fascinating Secrets Hidden In Great Works Of Art
These days, no video game or TV show can become truly revered in geekdom unless it's full of subtle easter eggs. But this practice is actually centuries old.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Ivan Farkas
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5 Horrifying Insects That Can Sneak-Attack Your Body
Warning: If you suffer from some kind of bug-o-phobia, run away.
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- By J.N. Nelson
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