Cracked Archive - Weird World

The 6 Shittiest Ways People Have Woken Up From A Bender
Life could always be worse. You could have woken up as one of these poor bastards.
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- By Kevin Phelan
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6 Propaganda Campaigns That Backfired Hilariously
However worthless your marketing degree feels, it could be much, much worse.
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- By Pat Carnell
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6 Real-Life Doctors Straight Out Of Horror Movies
We're here to tell you about the creeps who used the respectability granted to them by their diplomas and white coats (mostly the white coats) to do horrible things.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Writers Who Went Crazy While Writing Important Books
Writing for a living can be enough to drive anyone nuts -- but for the writers who were nuts to begin with, hoo boy does it get bad.
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- By Michael Dawson , Jake Klink, Aatif Zubair
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7 Bizarre Gender Stereotypes You Always See In Stock Photos
When you actually take the time to examine the gender assumptions present in these images, shit gets real weird real fast.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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6 Insane True Statistics That Laugh In The Face Of Logic
Welcome to the insane, Dali-esque world of mathematical probability.
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- By Josh Daws, Federico Cruz
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6 Stories That Prove U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents Are Insane
Just within the past decade, the DEA has racked up a list of exploits that reads like the daily planner of a caricature of an insane police officer.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Soldiers Who Beat Insane Odds (By Lying Their Ass Off)
Time and time again, small, ridiculously outnumbered forces have gleefully bluffed their way to victory in situations that should have left them as stains on the battlefield.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Mark H.
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6 Pointless Crimes That Required An Insane Amount Of Effort
Criminals aren't the smartest members of society as a general rule, but that doesn't mean they don't occasionally demonstrate some impressive dedication to their craft.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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7 New Wonders Of The World (Made By Humanity)
Luckily for those of us with a natural aversion to sunlight, some of the planet's most wonderous things have been constructed inside gigantic buildings, by people with a burning desire to one-up nature.
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- By Laura H
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5 Sets Of Ancient Remains That Have Baffled The Experts
Ah, archeology! Though tragically devoid of whips and Nazi-punching in real life, this unassuming scientific field never fails to provide when it comes to balls-out terror.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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5 Baffling Ways Religions Tried To Sex Up Their Image
Sex and Christianity aren't always mutually exclusive. Even if you really wish they would be.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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6 Lost Works Of Genius (Found In The Dumbest Place Possible)
Sometimes the hoarders are right, and some random piece of garbage that's currently festering in your attic may turn out to be worth a fortune.
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- By Adam Wears, Evan V. Symon , Ivan Farkas, M. Peter Storino
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5 Basic Truths Everyone Agrees On (Are Shockingly New Ideas)
Apparently some inventions we assumed are recent go back thousands of years.
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- By Michael Hossey
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5 Modern Things Created For Totally Different Purposes
It turns out that when you trace some of the things we use every day back to their origins, you find that, while necessity may be the mother of invention, sometimes her baby daddy is serendipity.
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- By Dennis Fulton
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