Cracked Archive - Weird World

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.

Authors: By R. Jason Benson, Joseph Joyce, Charles Angstrom
Published: January 06, 2015
Comments: 1144

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.

Authors: By Joe Russo
Published: January 05, 2015
Comments: 447

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.

Authors: By Robin Warder
Published: December 24, 2014
Comments: 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.

Authors: By Adam Tod Brown, James Coquillat
Published: December 23, 2014
Comments: 438

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.

Authors: By Niko G
Published: December 20, 2014
Comments: 361

Why Pulling 'The Interview' Proves We've All Become Cowards

Authors: By Robert Evans
Published: December 19, 2014
Comments: 1737

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 ...

Authors: By Eric Yosomono, Chris Berglund, Cathal McGuigan, Ed Stevens
Published: December 17, 2014
Comments: 702

6 Things People Get Wrong About the Bible's Christmas Story

We never knew the story of Christmas to begin with.

Authors: By Michael Voll
Published: December 16, 2014
Comments: 1636

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.

Authors: By Kevin Phelan
Published: December 16, 2014
Comments: 572

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.

Authors: By M. Peter Storino
Published: December 14, 2014
Comments: 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.

Authors: By Mark Hill, Lydia G
Published: December 14, 2014
Comments: 1123

The 5 Most Horrifying Booby Traps in the History of War

These folks stepped way over the line from 'homicidal maniacs' to 'huge dickheads.'

Authors: By Ryan Terris
Published: December 13, 2014
Comments: 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.

Authors: By J.T. Ulfeldt
Published: December 11, 2014
Comments: 1382