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WEIRD WORLD There's a tree that smells like rotting fish, and it's becoming a massive pest. It's so awful to be around that states are even offering bounties to people who destroy those trees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Adele refused an interview with a TV host who hadn't listened to her new album. The host flew to meet her for the interview, and then had to turn around and fly back, CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD When people protested against violence against women in Turkey, they were shot. By the police themselves, it turns out. Apparently, the authorities just didn't appreciate the irony. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A DoorDash driver pooped in the lobby of a building after delivery. CCTV kiltun B Happy FORMATI 100g organ 2001 He'd delivered to a person living in that residential building, and then just used a trash can there as an impromptu toilet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy in Hull, England complained that Pizza Hut's tomato sauce is too sexy. PizzaHut. Не didn't like the shake, squeeze and squirt label - Pizza Hut apologized, but that wasn't enough and he called his member of parliament. CRACKED.COM — Source

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American Samoa is a US territory known to most Americans for The Rock and offensive line prospects. But where does the name Samoa come from? Translated to english, it means sacred earth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Tapir

The tapir is up there with the platypus in the pantheon of animals that look like... maybe more of a first draft. But while their schnoz might hold them back in a beauty contest, it can be used as a snorkel when underwater. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Thames is one of the world's great rivers, and contains comes a shocking amount of islands. Some tiny, some large enough to be inhabitable, there are around 180 river islands, or eyots on the Thames. CRACKED.COM — Source

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One species of shark is the recipient of a nickname that's not nearly as cool as Jaws. Because of their tendency to eat, well... pretty much anything, tiger sharks are known as the Ocean's Garbage Can. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The ancient Greek court system actually had trial by jury, like we do today... except with WAY more jurors. A typical jury contained around 500 jurors. This was to prevent bribery... by making it impossible to afford. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ryuzu Waterfall is a gorgeous landmark in Japan, featuring twin cascades and beautiful foliage. The name Ryuzu means dragon head waterfall, because of the waterfall's resemblance to a dragon's head. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Arc de Triomphe is an incredibly meaningful and beautiful landmark in the city of Paris. It was also really, REALLY expensive to build. The final cost of the Arc was 10,432,000 francs. In 1806. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The mule is the most well-known hybrid animal, and we've seen a few ligers here and there. But you might not have heard of the cama, a cross between a camel and a llama. CRACKED.COM — Source

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People remember Dolly the Sheep for being the first cloned mammal, but she's far from the only cloned animal. The list of successful clones now includes: cows, goats, pigs, monkeys, cats, rats, horses, ferrets, and carp. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soldiers-and-sailors is the nickname of the lungwort plant. With a name like lungwort... it was needed. The name comes from the flowers turning from red to blue, like the (old) uniforms of british soldiers & the navy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED ROBOT SUCKS AS A COMEDIAN. Created by the British company Engineered Arts, Ameca can tell a joke when asked to. An example: A robot was asked what 2 + 2 is, and it replied 4. Yeah, that's the joke. Don't quit your day job as a creepy robot, Ameca. — Source

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CRACKED CHICAGOANS TAKE THEIR COMEDY TO AMSTERDAM. Two Chicagoans moved to Amsterdam and started the improv group Boom Chicago. They held auditions back in Chicago in the late '90s and put together a great team of comedians, including Seth Meyers, Amber Ruffin, and Jordan Peele. — Source

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CRACKED BABIES: MASTERS OF MANIPULATION SINCE DAY ONE. Babies are experts at getting their parents to love them. Even though they can't actually smile, their cries are like a secret signal that makes adults feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Plus, babies have a special smell that makes adults feel really happy. — Source

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CRACKED HEISENBERG'S MISCALCULATION SAVED THE WORLD. Werner Heisenberg, leader of the Nazis' nuclear research, thought it'd take thousands of pounds of uranium-235 to make an atomic bomb. In fact, it only needed about 100 pounds. This mistake stopped the Nazis from getting nukes. — Source

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CRACKED KRISTEN SCHAAL TRIED TO TALK HER WAY INTO ACTING CLASSES. Schaal once put on a surprise show in the dean's office at Northwestern University in an attempt to get permission to take acting classes, which she had been denied because she was studying performance studies. — Source

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CRACKED GUESS NO ONE'S HOME. These days, no one has been able to get a reply from any of 15 fictional character email addresses mentioned on-screen in TV shows even though, back in the day, some of those addresses sent pretty funny replies. Sic transit gloria mundi. — Source

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CRACKED MCDONALD'S TRIED, BUT ONION NUGGETS JUST WEREN'T NUGGET-Y ENOUGH. McDonald's Onion Nuggets Back in the '70s, McDonald's had a snack called Onion Nuggets, made from bits of onion that couldn't be shaped into rings. Unfortunately, they weren't very popular and were taken off the menu in 1984. — Source

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CRACKED RANDY NEWMAN: TOY STORY THEME SINGER. Randy Newman won an Oscar for his song You've Got a Friend in Me from Toy Story. They always mentioned friendship. he said about the instructions he got, so he rolled with that. — Source

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Lecherous TV Execs

CRACKED MALE EXEC, BEDROOM CALENDAR: 'NUFF SAID. I had a male executive - did a calendar (shoot) at 16 - and he specifically told me he had a certain calendar month in his bedroom, recounted Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel on her podcast. — Source

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CRACKED A MAN ORGASMED TO DEATH. Charles Majawa is the only person on record to pass away from having too much pleasure - or, to use the police's exact words, of excessive orgasm. — Source

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CRACKED THREE AMIGOS! WAS ALMOST DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG. Instead it went to John Landis, who directed it while on trial for involuntary manslaughter. — Source

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CRACKED THE TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD SAVED TWO DOLPHINS IN CHINA. 7-foot-9 Bao Xishun used his really long arms to retrieve swallowed plastics from the dolphins, thereby saving their lives. — Source

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CRACKED A BIKER DIED AT AN ANTI-HELMET PROTEST BECAUSE НЕ WASN'T WEARING A HELMET. Even worse, he usually wore his helmet, but he didn't that day because of the protest. — Source

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CRACKED A GUY ASKED FOR A LONGER JAIL SENTENCE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH НЕ LOVED 114 LARRY BIRD. 3 Не was given 30 years, but requested ITE 33-so he'd get the same number as Bird's jersey. — Source

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CRACKED SARAN WRAP IS PROBABLY IN YOUR BRAIN. A new study shows that food plastic wrap sheds microplastics that can cross the blood brain barrier in two hours. — Source

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CRACKED STEVEN SPIELBERG WANTED TO MAKE A CALVIN AND HOBBES MOVIE. But Bill Waterson, famously anti-licensing, wasn't into it. — Source

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