Cracked Archive - History
6 Disasters With Details So Awful, History Left Them Out
Some clouds, it's been said, have a silver lining. But clouds can get even worse. Those are the clouds we're talking about in this article.
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- By Adam Wears
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574 20 Mind Blowing Stories Behind The Most Famous Photos Ever
That swimming baby made famous by Nirvana? Not actually swimming.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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20 Insane Historical Photos
Apparently our grandparents' generation laughed at the concept of 'we're really, really, really too high up to be doing this.'
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Civil Rights Movement Myths You Learned In History Class
If you want to see just how messy real history can be -- and how important it is that we recognize its messiness -- look no further than the civil rights movement.
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- By Adam Koski, Bevan Morgan
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Great Artists Who Passionately Hated Their Most Famous Work
Here are a few works of art we nearly lost to the blood-rage that lives within all creative types.
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- By Janel Comeau, Rachel Loomis
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5 Bizarre Ways Everyone Gets World War II Wrong
If you're like us and got most of your World War II knowledge from fighting Hitler in a robot suit, so most of this should come as news.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Adam Koski
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12 Times Horrible People Gave Great Advice
Unsurprisingly, Saddam Hussein was psychotically hypocritical.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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25 Soldiers With Killing Sprees Straight Out Of Call Of Duty
Apparently part of being an unkillable death machine requires having a manly 'stache.
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- By AM Smiley
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7 Modern Social Issues That Are Older Than You Think
Long before everyone hashed out Caitlyn Jenner's pronoun switch in their heads, grammar nerds were already on the case.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Things You Think Are Crusty Old History (That Aren't)
Sometimes things you assume were relegated to museums back when your grandparents were still riding tricycles to school stuck around much longer than you realize.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , E.M. Caris
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5 Irreplaceable Cultural Treasures (Destroyed By Stupidity)
The Universe has a habit of allowing irreplaceable examples of human creativity to be destroyed by Mr. Bean levels of bumbling stupidity.
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- By J. Olasz
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26 Facts That Will Shatter Your Perception Of Time
Luke Skywalker is now older than Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Totally Harmless Phrases (Are Secretly Offensive Jokes)
The 'other side of the tracks' wasn't always a metaphorical term for the neighborhood with the best rib joints.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Mike Bedard, Jamie Wyman
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19 Insanely Advanced Ancient Things You Couldn't Build Today
Our ancestors achieved some pretty crazy stuff for living in an age without electronic toothbrushes.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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Unreal Heroes Who Died Protecting Precious Knowledge
Dian Fossey's idea of environmental conservation involved pistol-whipping poachers.
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- By Mordecai Jones
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