Cracked Archive - Weird World
6 Sex Toy Companies Disguised As Household Products
If we keep moving in the direction of the unsettling trend set by these devices, the house of the future will be made entirely out of vibrators.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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327 The 7 Most F***ed Up Real 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Books
We remember the books as quick, fun, simple reads ... but much like ALF and Fun Dip, revisiting them as an adult leads to some bizarre and unsettling discoveries.
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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5 Respected Nations That Straight Rob People Who Live There
There are plenty of cases of the government just outright stealing from people, and it's almost always those who can afford it the least.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Popular Parenting Fads That Make Sense (And Screw Kids Up)
We do have data on some of the most popular child-rearing techniques, and we have got to say -- it doesn't look great
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- By K. R. Kelleher
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5 Upcoming Movie Plots That Sound Suspiciously Familiar
These seem original at first ... until you dig a little deeper.
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- By JM McNab
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5 'Sucker' Behaviors That Secretly Give You an Advantage
Science can tell you the physics of how light behaves around the event horizon of a black hole, but it doesn't tell you how not to be a total dickhead. Or at least, it didn't used to.
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- By Paul K Pickett
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5 Horrifying Things That Happen When You Go Missing
When you disappear for a couple of days and actually make it back, you return with a much better understanding of how the world really responds to a missing persons case.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Megan
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The 7 Most Psychotic Ways People Tried to Prove Their Love
These won't melt anyone's heart. They'll put you in jail.
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- By Chris Fox
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8 Hilarious Historical Fears That Seriously Delayed Progress
While it makes sense to get worried when scientists start breeding strains of genetically modified superintelligent flying spiders, there have been panics about even the most mundane, common-sense advancements.
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- By Pat Carnell
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7 More Disgusting Foods Your Grandparents Ate (Taste-Tested)
What sins of the past will he be forced to digest now?
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The 6 Most Obvious Lies People Got Famous Telling the Media
Here are some obvious lies the news media fell for harder than your anti-vaccine and global warming-denying friends on Facebook.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell
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5 Logical Fallacies That Make Humans Terrible at Democracy
The entire human race sucks at democracy. And we can't even help it.
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- By Michael Hossey
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6 Human Beings Who Just Invented New Forms of Sucking
Every now and again, you encounter individuals who display such transcendent jerkitude that you almost have to admire their commitment to being terrible. Almost.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Feel-Good School Programs With Horrifying Consequences
Everyone involved in the following initiatives meant well, but well-meaning bad ideas are still bad ideas.
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- By Lillian Marx
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5 Powerful Organizations That Started For Stupid Reasons
Every once in a while, a massive organization you think you know turns out to just be using that notion to hide their bizarre and unexpected past.
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- By K. R. Kelleher
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