Cracked Archive - Weird World

5 Famous 'Paranormal' Phenomena (Easily Debunked By Science)
In keeping with our storied tradition of ruining everyone's fun, here are some more examples of famous paranormal phenomena that seem to have some compelling evidence behind them ... until you look a bit closer.
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5 Famous Horror Movies You Won't (Want To) Believe Came True
Just because a horror plot is outlandish, that doesn't mean it couldn't actually happen ...
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- By Pat Carnell
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7 Archaeological Discoveries Out Of Your Darkest Nightmares
This is the body of Xin Zhui, a Chinese noblewoman who died over 2,000 years ago, yet continues to be blessed with the skin, flesh, organs, and sunny disposition of a fairly fresh corpse.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Eerie Ways Entire Groups Went Insane Science Can't Explain
There's no way thousands of people just independently go crazy in the exact same way and for no reason, right? Wellll ...
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5 Creepiest Ways People Were Tormented For Years
True ruinous harassment takes a special kind of person. It takes madness, it takes evil, and most of it all, it takes devotion.
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- By Robin Warder
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5 Real Museums Scarier Than Any Haunted House
Sorry, Iowa Tractor Museum, but these terrifying museums really highlight the fact that you're the 'Gary from accounting' of educational institutions.
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- By Laura H
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You've Met One Today: 5 Creepy True Facts About Psychopaths
Sure, some of them are serial killers. The vast majority are not. And they're everywhere.
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- By Joseph Joyce
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5 Real People More Terrifying Than Any Movie Villain
Superkiller. There's a real-life person with the moniker, Superkiller. And he very much lived up to his nickname.
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- By Billy Higgins Peery
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5 Myths About Men And Women That Are Statistically B.S.
A kiss is universally recognized as the de facto show of affection between two people, but it also doubles as a complex brain chemistry duel in the game of love and procreation.
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- By Natalie Vail
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5 Shockingly Dark Secrets Of The Art World
Ever wonder why artists are always shitfaced at their own openings? It's because the art world isn't pretty.
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- By E.M. Caris, Dallas Jeffs, Rob Rose
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5 Disney Park Attractions You Won't Believe Existed
It turns out Disney's Imagineers have dreamed up some certifiably insane attractions that don't exactly jive with your preconceived image of Disney.
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- By Alyssa Feller
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When Sick Kids Who Don't Give A F#@% Get A Make-A-Wish Wish
Some Make-A-Wish kids want to be in Star Wars, but not Max. No, Max wanted something a little more dangerous, and the seven-story Con Agra grain mill in Huron, Ohio was just the ticket.
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- By Alyssa Feller
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6 Famous Awards Way More Full Of S#!% Than You Think
It turns out many of the most prestigious awards are a bunch of bunk.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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6 Creative Criminal Punishments So Stupid They're Brilliant
In the case of Safety Pup, making a violent criminal symbolically wear his victim as a skin suit is the kind of shit a serial killer would dream up.
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- By Kayla Layaoen
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7 Unexplained Deaths That Will Shake Your Faith In Reason
Unlike on television, in the real world bizarre murders only raise more and more questions.
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- By Robin Warder
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