Cracked Archive

6 Rulers Who Abused Their Power In Hilariously Insane Ways

It probably wasn't all that awesome living under these rulers, but it's a lot of fun to read about them from afar.

Authors: By J. L. Coffman
Published: January 08, 2010
Comments: 374

6 Life Saving Techniques From the Movies (That Can Kill You)

We expect a certain level of medical farfetchery on TV and in the movies. But this sort of unrealism doesn't really hurt anything other than our intelligence, unlike these Hollywood medical myths, which could hurt you to death:

Authors: By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Published: January 07, 2010
Comments: 710

The 7 Ballsiest Ways Anyone Ever Quit Their Job

Living the (insane) dream for all of us.

Authors: By Dan Seitz
Published: January 06, 2010
Comments: 252

6 Assassination Attempts that Almost F#@cked the World

Some assassination attempts have come dangerously close to changing the world forever. We're not saying we'd be living in a land of breakdancing dinosaurs and chocolate flavored rainbows if a few things had gone the other way ... we're just saying we might all be Nazis.

Authors: By Jacopo della Quercia
Published: January 05, 2010
Comments: 734

6 Transportation Innovations More Baffling Than The Segway

These are the baffling contraptions that remind us that while thinking outside the box is cool and all, you should probably make sure that there isn't a better, cheaper version already in the box

Authors: By Rohan Ramakrishnan
Published: January 03, 2010
Comments: 320