Cracked Archive - History
5 Scandals Covered Up By Prominent Universities
It seems like prominent schools are really big on making sure the ugly parts stay secret.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- August 08, 2019
5 Historical Treasures That Are Accidental Comedy Gold
Our ancestors were just as dumb as us.
- By Adam Wears
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- August 05, 2019
6 Historical Tragedies That Were Way Worse Than You Thought
Even when the world is ending, things can still take a turn for the worse.
- By Alex Hanton, Ivan Farkas, Ryan Menezes, Michael Battaglino, W.H. Thomas
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- August 03, 2019
6 Harmless Things With Insanely Disturbing Origin Stories
First someone gets hurt, THEN it's all fun and games.
- By Ryan Menezes, Julia Lange, Tolly Vellis
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- July 31, 2019
5 Historical Mysteries That Had Painfully Dumb Explanations
Not everything hard to solve is worth the effort.
- By Alex Hanton, Christian Markle
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- July 31, 2019
4 Impressively Weird Pranks From Centuries Ago
Bored people will invent diabolical ways to entertain themselves regardless of the time period.
- By William Kuechenberg
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- July 27, 2019
Famous People Who Were Total Nobodies While They Were Alive
Sometimes huge successes were huge failures in their lifetimes.
- By Cracked Plasticians, Andres Diplotti
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- July 23, 2019
5 Times Normal People Forced The Cops To Do Their Jobs
Sometimes ordinary citizens have to step in and get things done.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- July 22, 2019
5 Historical Tragedies That Were Even Darker Than You Think
Some dark moments in history were even worse than you know.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 22, 2019
31 Amazing Women Who Deserve To Be Way More Famous
Who (should) run the world?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 17, 2019
5 Ways The Past Used To Be Unbelievably Disgusting
Before the 20th century, most of the world was a toilet.
- By Greg Stacy
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- July 13, 2019
5 Shocking Ways Pop Culture Inspired Horrible Crimes
Even criminals can't help but reference pop culture.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 08, 2019
Well-Known Facts About Famous Places (That Are Dead Wrong)
It’s not your fault. Hollywood has a way of making people believe super-untrue stuff.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 04, 2019
5 Stories That Prove The Founding Fathers Were Total Maniacs
We hold these truths to be self-evident: these guys were weirdos.
- By E. Reid Ross, E.M. Caris, S. Aslam, Christian Markle, RG Jordan, Tony T
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- June 29, 2019
26 Secret Backstories Behind Totally Famous Photos
Turns out some pictures need 1,000 words.
- By Andres Diplotti
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- June 18, 2019
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