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Knights Had An Embarrassing (And Dangerous) Risk From Horseback Riding
In addition to the expected risks knights dealt with, they also had to worry about fatal butt problems.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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0 14 Random Facts to Get One Step Closer to Knowing Everything
These amount to a teeny-tiny pile of knowledge, but it’s still knowledge.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Cracked Writers
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Diluting Spices Was Once A Crime Punishable By Death
They'd shove that spice down your throat.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Unexpected Facts About Life As A Minority In The Middle Ages
Life could be miserable but sometimes surprisingly wasn't.
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- By Chris Corlew
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The Garfield Restaurant Is Dead, But Lives On As NFTs (Of Course)
The GarfieldEATS saga has come to its inevitable end.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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'King of The Hill': Arlen, Texas Is Geographically Impossible
Dallas? Houston? A commune in France? It's more complicated than meets the eye.
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- By Carly Tennes
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Tell Us Now: 17 Ridiculous Lies We Believed As Kids
Adults say the darndest things, and kids believe 'em.
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- By Cracked Readers, Shea
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15 Times Hollywood Was Guilty Of Whitewashing In The 21st Century
TV’s “The Lone Ranger” had an Indigenous Tonto in the ‘40s, but the 2013 movie… Johnny Depp!
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- By Jay L'Ecuyer
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How Jim Henson 'Directed' His Own Muppets Memorial Service
The Muppets' creator oversaw his own funeral from beyond the grave - and it ruled.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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Drones Aren't Weird Anymore!
It's okay to let your drone flag fly.
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- By CRACKED Store
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Weird Al Yankovic Is Getting His Own Biopic Starring Daniel Radcliffe
We smell an Oscar ... and probably some other stuff.
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- By Carly Tennes
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Prima Nocta: The Weird Medieval Marriage Law (That Didn't Exist)
Prima nocta was a practice that would really ruin a marriage night. However, it was really just a myth.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Cracked VS: NFTs Vs. Pogs
One is a cheap commodity sold to children before their brains fully develop, the other is Pogs.
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- By JhallComics
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16 Things That Were Made Popular (Or Unpopular) By Movies
Just because characters are fictional, that doesn't mean they're not trend-setters.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Cracked Writers
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Lovesick in the Middle Ages? A Doctor Might Slice You Open
Bloodletting made you forget all your other problems.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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This Digital Highlighter Will Make You Suck Less At Notes
Just slide it across a line, and that text will instantly appear on your computer or smartphone screen, thanks to Smart OCR and Bluetooth technologies.
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- By CRACKED Store
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13 Interesting Facts To Up-Level Our Knowledge Of The World
Bored at work? Time to stimulate your brain.
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- By Andrea Meno
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5 Realities of Medieval Warfare Hollywood Refuses to Learn
The Knights of the Round Table weren't exactly the upstanding gentlemen movies keep making them.
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- By Eirik Gumeny
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No, Jonah Hill Is *Not* Feuding With Baby Yoda
Here's what you need to know about the squabble between America's and Coruscant's respective sweethearts.
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- By Carly Tennes
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The Video Game That Keeps Surprising The Pope
It seems like even God itself is trying to get Jorge "Pope Francis" Bergoglio to play it.
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- By Tiago Svn
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13 Now-You-Know SpongeBob SquarePants Facts
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea ... and in our hearts?
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- By Shea
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15 Comedians We Didn't Know Were Born Outside Of The U.S.
Can you guess which country all these comedians were originally born? (Big Hint: Rebel Wilson is NOT from America.)
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- By JD Roberson
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Laura O'Dea Watched Moonstruck (AKA Two Brother Wolves Inside Me) (VIDEO/PODCAST)
Nic Cage was crazy from day one.
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- By Jesse, Jordan Breeding, Ali Gordon
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