Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Iconic Symbols Designed To Have The Exact Opposite Meaning
Some of the most ubiquitous symbols in the world were originally created to represent the exact opposite of what they mean today.
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- By Rachel P.
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489 The 7 Creepiest Uses Of Technology In Human History
The beauty of a human face collection is in the eye of the beholder.
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- By Teddem Yee
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5 B.S. Rumors That Created The Modern World
Just look at this ridiculous bullshit that altered the course of history.
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- By Cedric Voets
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9 Terrifying Old Movies That Put Modern Horror To Shame
Early cinema could get bizarrely hardcore and hardcorely bizarre, even by today's standards.
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- By Michael Daye
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5 Nightmares You Don't Know Until You're Diabetic
We talked to someone with one variety of diabetes to learn about the parts of the experience you never hear about.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Zachary Ullman
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6 Important Problems That Famous Movies Forgot To Solve
Plenty of famous movies have unresolved plot points that will inevitably come back to bite the protagonist in the ass, either because the writers forgot about them or because they thought no one would notice.
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- By Robin Warder
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5 Utterly Dumb Ways Stories Were Spoiled By Creators
It should probably go without saying that this article is super spoiler-y
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- By Ed Stevens
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6 Hilarious Ways Game Designers Are Screwing Over Pirates
Digital media has made it real easy to steal something anonymously, but it's also made it possible for the creators to get their revenge.
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- By Alan Fox
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The 6 Most Amazing Pranks (You Won't Believe Worked)
NOTE: Many of these will still get you arrested.
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- By Zachary Frey
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5 Creepy Mysteries With Simple Solutions No One Saw Coming
Sometimes the world is so hungry for a tasty mystery that we overlook the comically simple solution that's standing right there in front of us.
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- By Phil Hearn
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5 Insane Sequels That Almost Changed Movie History
As it turns out, the most disastrous, laughable sequels in history never actually made it to theaters.
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- By JM McNab
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6 Conspiracy Theories That Are Unintentionally Hilarious
Please enjoy some intriguingly stupid conspiracies the Internet has crapped out recently.
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- By Adam Wears
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7 Unrealistic Movie Scenes Recreated by Accident
It's now time to reconsider every ridiculously improbable thing you've ever seen in a movie, because it's starting to look more and more likely that it will happen for real.
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- By M. Asher Cantrell
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The 5 Weirdest Ways the Modern World Changed Human Behavior
None of this stuff is going to ruin the world. But it is weird as hell.
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- By Adam Wears, Sam Jackson, Jacob Richardson
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7 Terrifying 'Sexy' Ads That Failed Spectacularly
As we're about to show you, ad agencies who just toss sex into any campaign are like that guy who thinks throwing bacon onto every dish automatically makes it better.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Ryan Menezes
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