Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Animals Who Taught Themselves Eerily Human Skills
Monkeys wearing bow ties are always welcome, but as soon as they're hunting with spears and cooking hamburgers, we start worrying about how difficult it will be to learn their language once they take over the world.
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- By Matt Pass, Ivan Farkas, Ruy Platt
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381 5 Mundane Things That Caused Earth-Shattering Destruction
Much like your significant other, sometimes there is just no predicting what will set off a monumental disaster.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Ivan Farkas, Jordan Rudow
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6 Offensive Messages Hidden in Huge Marketing Campaigns
Nobody involved in these ads likely had anything but the best of intentions, which is why it's all the funnier.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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6 Dazzling Sights in Nature (Caused by Human Stupidity)
As bad as it is that humanity is destroying the planet, at least we can console ourselves with the fact that we manage to create some trippy imagery in the process.
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- By Kel Zhang
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5 Childhood-Ruining Appearances from Famous Characters
Nobody's perfect. This includes your favorite childhood characters, because for every pop culture icon, there's at least one obscure episode where they can be seen doing things you'd never expect.
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- By JM McNab
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6 Daring Assassination Plots (Carried Out by Morons)
Apparently, most of the world's assassination attempts turn into a Mr. Bean-esque slapstick scenarios.
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- By Chris J.
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6 Mind-Blowing Discoveries We Just Made About Famous Art
The more we study these centuries-old paintings, the more weirdness we discover.
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- By Carmen Burana
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- 524
6 Real Martial Arts Tournaments Crazier Than 'Mortal Kombat'
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- By Raoni Lacerda
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5 Weirdly Specific Trends From When Comic Books Were Insane
Over the decades comics have gone through all sorts of fads and phases in an effort to change with the times. And sometimes things got weird.
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- By S. Stone
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The 5 Most Disastrous Marketing Failures of All Time
In a world where it feels like we're all brainwashed by corporate marketing campaigns, it's nice to see them fall flat on their faces now and then.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Evan V. Symon , Carmen Burana
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5 Reasons Conspiracy Theories Are Destroying the World
It's time to take conspiracy theorists seriously, but not for the reasons they want us to.
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- By Adam Wears, Sam Jackson
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5 Social Networking Promotions That Backfired Spectacularly
The great thing about social media is that it allows whatever stupid thing you want to say to reach your audience instantly. The terrible thing about social media is that it allows whatever stupid thing you want to say to reach your audience instantly.
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- By Chris Rio, Russ Pontius
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5 Tests Everyone Trusts (That Are Shockingly Inaccurate)
Some of these tests are about as trustworthy as an Econoline with tinted windows.
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- By Sara Ohlms, Ivan Farkas
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4 Things You Can Only Learn by Surviving an Earthquake
In January 2010, John and his younger brother were two of thousands of foreigners in Haiti when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake had just struck the country, the strongest in over 200 years.
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- By Carmen Burana, John N.
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- 329
5 Reasons to Be Less Worried About Robots Taking Over
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- By Tina Saucedo
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