Cracked Archive - History
6 Everyday Groups (With A Sinister Original Purpose)
Groups that seem totally legit today began with a secret agenda -- who knew?
- By Ryan Menezes
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- May 12, 2020
Tyrants Who Punched Down On WTF Dumb Things
With great power comes great douchebaggery.
- By Agus Tamini
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- May 11, 2020
Inventors Who Can't Stand Their Own Creations
These creators take regret to a whole new level.
- By Shea
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- May 10, 2020
The Historical Bond That Ireland And Native Americans Have Is Helping Out Big Time Right Now
People separated by an entire ocean, but bonded tighter than you'd imagine.
- By Isaac Cabe
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- May 07, 2020
Politicians With Truly Staggering Levels Of Pettiness
Sometimes, politics is more art than science.
- By Steven Assarian, Kasper Kauhanen, Johan Kurniawan, Christian Markle, Richard C. Shaffer
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- May 05, 2020
Conspiracies That Aren’t Theories, They Happened
Not conspiracy theories. These are the real deal.
- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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- May 04, 2020
Weirdly Impressive Things That Only One Person Has Done
Some accomplishments are too weird to be done twice.
- By Tim Hawkman
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- May 03, 2020
The Insane Children of The World's Worst Dictators
The nut doesn't fall far from the tree.
- By Alex Hanton
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- May 01, 2020
Urban Legends Older Than You'd Think
Theaters have always been filled with mysterious syringes.
- By Blair Dodge, Abraham Mireles, A. N. Ulriksen, Tee Ngin Rui, Jack R. Loun
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- April 29, 2020
Protests That Got Real, Real Creative
Marching with signs is for people who lack imagination.
- By Maclise
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- April 28, 2020
Gut-Wrenching Things Done By Beloved Presidents
How the mighty have stayed perfectly upright.
- By Cedric Voets
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- April 28, 2020
6 True Crimes (Starring The Dumbest People Possible)
Not all of us can be the next Heisenberg.
- By Alex Hanton
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- April 27, 2020
American Horror Stories That Didn’t Make It Into Your Textbooks
We're happy to gloat about our country's best bits, but it's time we talked about the stuff buried in our proverbial backyard.
- By Adam Wears
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- April 25, 2020
Total Ding-Dongs Whose Lawsuits Blew Up In Their Faces
Suing your enemies into oblivion can be fun, but not when it backfires.
- By Blair Dodge
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- April 21, 2020
6 Big Moments In History (People Forgot About Immediately)
If you want to make the history books, timing is everything.
- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Steven Assarian, Christian Markle
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- April 20, 2020
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