Cracked Archive - Weird World
10 Baffling Safety Products Clearly Aimed at Paranoid People
What this particular demographic may lack in reason they make up for in income, and there's no shortage of products designed to prey on their irrational fears for a few extra (thousand) bucks.
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- By Stephen West
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838 7 Modern Ghost Towns That Look Like Sci-Fi Movies
We know what you're here for, sci-fi aficionados. Let's just get straight to the futuristic abandoned stuff, shall we?
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- By Eric Yosomono
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- 657
6 Mind-Blowing Substances That Laugh in the Face of Physics
These materials are often hard to get and/or incredibly dangerous, but they're worth it for the cool factor alone.
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- By Kevin Falcon
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- 1057
5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate
Often absurd or simplistic tools that filmmakers use to get their points across are more based in reality than you might think.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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- 1278
6 Famous Geniuses You Won't Believe Were Perverts
None of what you're about to read necessarily detracts from any of the great things they accomplished -- we're not saying that. We're just saying that behind closed doors, they liked to get freaky.
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- By Paige Turner
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- 1217
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The 5 Most Misguided April Fools' Pranks of All Time
April Fools' Day is great in concept. The problem is that a very large portion of the population has no idea what a prank actually is, or how they work.
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- By Adam Wears, Chris Scott
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- 585
Like to Write? Like Money? Write for Cracked!
Seriously -- we're getting tired of playing in our swimming pools full of $100 bills..
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- By Kristi Harrison
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- 337
Cracked Round-Up: Train Stabbing Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Iconic Characters Who Got Insane Reboots in Foreign Comics
When it comes to translating some characters into foreign comics, it seems like pretty much anything goes.
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- By Juan Arteaga, Maxwell Yezpitelok
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5 Mind-Blowing Facts Nobody Told You About Guns
It turns out the mainstream media leaves out all of the most interesting parts. Trust us, the longer you look into this, the weirder it gets.
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- By Jack O'Brien, Jason Pargin
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5 Real Prison Escapes That Shouldn't Have Been Possible
We admit it: We friggin' love prison escape stories.
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- By Rich Solomon
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- 391
5 Insane Private Schools You Won't Believe Actually Exist
If you have the extra cash, you may want to send your kid to a fancy private school. Just, you know, do your research first.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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- 1416
Cracked Round-Up: Tantric Sex Education Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most WTF Things Found While Working on an Old House
Sometimes you find some neat stuff when you're working on a home. Other times, you find find unrelenting nightmares that will pursue you to your grave.
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- By Jeff Sloan, Kelly Stone, Robert Friedrich
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6 Ways Companies Are Secretly Screwing Job Applicants
Why in the hell is getting a job so hard? Partly because there are a whole lot of invisible barriers standing in your way.
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- By Maxmillian Entropy
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