Cracked Archive - History
5 Modern Controversies That Have Been Around Forever
If you owned a time machine and took a tour of the past, you'd see the same shit coming up over and over again.
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462 6 Bizarre Armies You Won't Believe Won Real Victories
War ... war never changes. Oh wait, yes it does.
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- By Dimitra Nikolaou
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24 People Who Were Terrifyingly Hard To Kill
Death comes to all of us. It is inescapable. Some people, though, don't go quietly into that cold embrace.
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- By AM Smiley
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18 Fads That Wound Up Being Deadly
It turns out that once upon a time, peoples' fashion choices would, you know, actually murder them.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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16 'Failures' That Deserve Real Respect
One of our favorite pastimes here at Cracked is to pull the wool off of people's eyes when it comes to popular films, TV shows, and video games. Sometimes, though, we like to give back.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The 6 Most Embarrassing Historical Artifacts Ever Discovered
WARNING: This articles contains centuries-old mummy wiener and sex toys.
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- By Marina Reimann
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20 Uneducated Dropouts Who Changed Human History
Anyone who tells you only those with a formal education will find success should be kicked right in pants.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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21 Pop Culture Icons That Were Hated At First
A lot of us crazy kids like to look at what we consider pop culture staples through rose-tinted glasses.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Ridiculous Cold War Myths You Probably Believe
The Cold War was a 40-year pissing contest in which the entire world's population kept a constant eye on the news, with a never-ending fear that one side or the other would whap their big, red Armageddon button first.
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- By Nathan Williams
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5 Horrifying Realities Of Daily Life Edited Out Of History
You can actually make yourself feel a whole lot better about your life today merely by reminding yourself of a few key things about the past.
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- By Chris Fox
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5 Insane Theories That Change How You See Great Works Of Art
We want to emphasize the word 'theories' here -- none of these have been proven, and probably never will be.
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- By Nathan Williams
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18 Historical Events That We Get Wrong
It's time for some real talk. Real HISTORY talk.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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21 Statistics That Prove the Past Was Shockingly Different
When you put time on a grand scale, it would appear that change is something that takes a very long time to happen. But take a quick snap of any given era, and you'll quickly see how that really isn't the case.
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- By AM Smiley
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6 Incredible Ancient Wonders (Destroyed By Idiots)
When future archaeologists look back at our era thousands of years from now, they'll reach two major conclusions: 1) our subway system was very inefficient and bizarrely sandwich-centric, and 2) we were morons.
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- By Adam Wears
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The 18 Most Horrifying Things Rich People Got Away With
It turns out that when you're able to wipe your ass with $100 bills, the planet will let you get away with pretty much anything you damn well please.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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