Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Frightening Hellholes (That Are Now Ordinary Places)
History never truly fades away. No, sometimes leftover monuments to the horrors of humanity are turned into vacation destinations.
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- By Marina Reimann
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277 5 Ways Your Parents Changed Your Life When They Named You
Sorry, Buck Suckley Jr., but what's on the inside doesn't mean shit. Your name is shaping who you are in shocking ways.
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- By Natalie Vail
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5 Things You Love That The People Who Made Them Despise
Everyone except Monty Python reveres Monty Python.
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- By Tara Marie
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6 Bands That Totally Reinvented Themselves To Get Famous
Many genre-defining artists started out playing the exact kind of music their fans are required by social law to loathe.
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- By E.M. Caris
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The 5 Most Clever Ways People Made Hate Groups Look Stupid
This world of ours can be a terrible and hateful place. But there's something we can do to combat that toxicity: Mock it hilariously.
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- By Chris Scott, Nathan Murphy
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6 Insane True Stories Of Famous Things Invented In Dreams
These people not only managed to remember their dreams for more than five seconds after waking up, but actually used them to change their lives.
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- By Cornelius Heyer, Tara Marie
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- 238
6 Animals That Get High More Than Humanity's Biggest Stoners
Yes, animals like to get just as recreationally wasted as us humans do. Sometimes, even more so.
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- By Dyl Moore, Cam Kesel, Javier Yepes, Laura H, Niko G
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7 Classic Children's Books With Shockingly Dark Backstories
It turns out it was the private and horrific torments of total strangers that taught you the joys of imagination.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Bizarre Wardrobe Life Hacks That Science Says Work
Clothing does more amazing things than just cover shameful torsos and pendulous genitals.
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- By Rachel P.
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6 Pleasant Surprises About Political Myths You Had All Wrong
Even the most straightforward political truths you've always heard aren't nearly as simple as people would like you to believe.
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- By Natalie Vail
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6 Real-Life Horror Movies Your History Teacher Skipped Over
Our modern world was made possible by a whole lot of superstition, cruelty, and teeth harvesting on the part of our forefathers.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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9 Unbelievable Urban Legends (That Happen To Be True)
Maybe read these with the lights on.
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- By Nathan Birch
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- 533
The 5 Most Evil Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich
It turns out there have been plenty of psychopathic killers in history for whom a lifetime of mayhem and mutilation was just their way of paying the bills.
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- By B.T. Doran
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11 Great Halloween Costumes For (People Who Hate Their) Kids
Apart from naming them, picking a Halloween costume is the most nerve-wracking decision you'll ever make for your kid.
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Creepy Diseases You Won't Believe Are Medically Possible
Watching Seinfeld makes some people literally ill. What's the deal with that!
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- By Ivan Farkas
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- 313
