Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Iconic Fantasy Characters Whose Bodies Wouldn't Work
Sometimes the craziest attributes of a mythological creature -- the things that actually make it impossible -- aren't always what you think.
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- By Justin Crockett, Nathan Murphy
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991 6 Insane Things Happening Throughout Mexican Cartel Culture
Where Hollywood does a pretty impressive job of glorifying criminals, it hasn't got shit on Mexico's utterly insane cartel culture.
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- By Bastian Espada
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- 599
9 Foreign Terms More Awful Than Any English Profanity
Some languages have words for concepts so weird or off-putting that we can thank the stars we don't have any use for them in everyday English.
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- By Cornelius Heyer
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- 892
6 Baffling First Drafts of Classic Novels
What if we told you that there are extra scenes of your favorite book, written by your favorite writer, that you've never read before? Awesome, right? No so fast.
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- By Karah Sutton
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- 511
7 Disasters Everyone Survived (That a Highlander Wouldn't)
We can only imagine the survivors of the following incidents were forever looking over their shoulders to see if the relentless specter of death was trying to sneak up on them to finish the job.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell, Zachary Frey
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- 339
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5 Criminals Who Were Hilariously Good at Escaping Jail
You're never sure if you should admire their brazen creativity, or just make sure you never live too close to a prison.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Charlie Fox
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- 233
5 Conspiracy Theories You Won't Believe (Really Happened)
History is chock-full of real conspiracies even crazier than Oliver Stone's fever dreams.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , E.M. Caris
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5 Things You Don't Know About Strippers (Until You Are One)
Despite the venerable legacy of this career, and the utter ubiquity of strip clubs in our modern cityscapes, most people know very little about the realities of dancing naked.
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- By Robert Evans, Amanda Mannen, Meredith, Emily, Salvatore, Layne, Laura, Zooey, Helen
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6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Action Heroes Without Warning
Real action hero shit happens every day ... and doesn't even require action heroes to make it happen.
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- By Zachary Frey
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- 414
6 Tiny Paperwork Screw-Ups That Ruined Random People's Lives
If you feel like the government is bending you over, take solace in the fact that your situation could be worse.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Insane Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Someone
You're now a trenchcoat away from being Sherlock Holmes.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- 894
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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- 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.
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- By Joe Russo
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- 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.
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- By Robin Warder
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- 482
