Cracked Archive - Weird World
Everyday Cultural Stuff You Assume Is Universal (That Isn't)
It turns out that lots of everyday things you assumed were hardwired into humanity are in fact vastly different once you cross a border.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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743 5 Awesome Things That'll Be Gone Forever By, Like, Soon
When was the last time you saw a crystal meth addict shouting at a half-scared, half-pissed-off animal?
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- By Nathan Williams
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6 Artifacts That Let You Directly Experience The Past
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to touch, taste, or kick back and smoke the past, rest assured that it's possible to.
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- By Justin Crockett, Ivan Farkas
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6 Insane Ways Companies Screw Over Their Employees
Don't expect mercy from American automobile factories if you drive a foreign car.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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6 'Traditional' Things That've Kept The World A Worse Place
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Real DNA Mutations That Make Ordinary People X-Men
When it comes to long-distance running, we easily outperform the begrudging silver and bronze medalists, the dog and the horse.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Hilariously Bad PSAs That Backfired Even More Hilariously
Sometimes health campaigns are made by hilariously out-of-touch public officials who have no idea how to talk to their audience.
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- By Chris Rio
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7 Staples Of Your Childhood That We're About To Ruin For You
The real-life Snoopy didn't have such a happy story.
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- By JM McNab
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6 Mindf*@k Problems You Face Being President
Why would anyone want to be the president of the United States? The pay is so-so, the job is next to impossible, and the only real perk is meeting rap stars.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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7 Normal Towns That Have Been Attacked By Pure Craziness
We now live in a world in which losing your phone could turn into a personal apocalypse.
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- By Chris Radomile
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7 Mothers Who Went Insane (To Protect Their Kids)
Consider these women the John McClanes of the mothering world.
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- By Lisa Olsen
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6 Horrifying Acts Of Desperation & Fear Caused By Spiders
See! Spiders really are just the worst.
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- By Taig Spearman
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5 True Stories Where If You Heard Them You'd Be Like "Nah"
Soap operas are like professional wrestling for housewives, full of outlandish characters and convoluted plots too crazy for real life. Or are they?
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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Why You've Never Really Tasted Your 6 Favorite Foods
We tend to orient our diets around how our food looks, in lieu of how it actually tastes. And the food industry knows this.
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- By Ricardo Oskam
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Two Year Faked Coma: 6 People That Worked Hard At Being Lazy
Laziness is like wine: It's only appealing to certain crowds, a surprisingly large amount of work goes into it, and it gets more impressive as time goes on.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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