Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Desperate People Who Hacked Junk Into Lifesaving Devices
Money makes the world go round. But when those filthy little portraits of dead white dudes become scarce, people rely instead on the true wealth of the human race: ingenuity.
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- By Sam Jackson, Ivan Farkas
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311 5 BS Health Myths People Still Believe (Thanks to One Guy)
It only took one high-profile 'expert' to convince millions of people this B.S. was true.
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- By R. Jason Benson, Joseph Joyce, Charles Angstrom
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- 1146
17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 14)
It's time again for another installment of our most popular feature, in which we find the most fake-looking shit on the Internet and explain that it's totally real.
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- By Joe Russo
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- 448
6 True Stories to Make Sane People Believe in Xmas Miracles
These are all complete real Christmas stories that should come with a Surgeon General's warning because they'll make your heart grow three sizes.
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- By Robin Warder
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- 482
12 Horrific Implications of the Most Famous Christmas Song
For anyone but the richest among us, being saddled with the gifts of the 'The 12 Days of Christmas' could very well destroy your life.
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- By Adam Tod Brown, James Coquillat
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- 439
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6 Real Places on Earth Straight Out of a Fantasy Novel
Every once in a while the malevolent robot lords in charge of programming the shared illusion that is our world will slip up and let a chunk of broken code go through.
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- By Niko G
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Why Pulling 'The Interview' Proves We've All Become Cowards
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- By Robert Evans
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7 Great People With the Most Unfortunate Names Possible
We expect a cool guy to have an equally cool name. In real life, well, things don't always work out that way ...
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- By Eric Yosomono, Chris Berglund, Cathal McGuigan, Ed Stevens
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6 Things People Get Wrong About the Bible's Christmas Story
We never knew the story of Christmas to begin with.
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- By Michael Voll
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5 Real Coincidences That Prove God Has a Sick Sense of Humor
If there is a higher power out there, its sense of humor is cosmically screwed up.
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- By Kevin Phelan
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5 Real Soldiers Who Were Walking Super Weapons
Despite what movies, video games, and literature sometimes tell us, war is neither glamorous nor fun. What cannot be denied, however, is that war is also where you see normal people do extraordinary things.
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- By M. Peter Storino
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- 508
5 Realities of Life When Your Brain Wants You to Murder
Lydia was diagnosed with Primarily Obsessional OCD as a teenager. Here's what she's learned in the years since.
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- By Mark Hill, Lydia G
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The 5 Most Horrifying Booby Traps in the History of War
These folks stepped way over the line from 'homicidal maniacs' to 'huge dickheads.'
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- By Ryan Terris
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- 407
5 Nice Things You Do Daily (That Secretly Ruin the World)
Politeness is fine and dandy, but when you extend the basic rules of being a decent human into other aspects of society, this whole civilization thing just falls apart.
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- By J.T. Ulfeldt
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5 Creepy Ways Your Town Is Designed to Control Your Mind
All around you are little design choices you've probably never even noticed, that are absolutely influencing you.
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- By Shannon Dell
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- 873
