Cracked Archive - History
13 Mythbusting Moments Necessary Because of History Books
The Middle Ages weren’t actually so big on torture devices.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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11 11 Dedicated Fraudsters Who Doubled Down On Their Outlandish Lies
After her family pointed out she’s white, Rachel Dolezal said there’s no proof her mom and dad are really her biological parents.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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Three People Who Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel and Didn’t Die
There have been a lucky few — emphasis on few
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- By Mike Rampton
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5 Ways Our Poor, Desperate Ancestors Saved Money
Lifehack: Get rid of your teeth and drink only soup
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Buried Secrets No One Was Supposed to Find
This was NOT supposed to be dumped below the town ice rink
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- By Ryan Menezes
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17 Battles That Were So Epic, They Don’t Need the Internet to Be Remembered
JWoww versus Sammi Sweetheart is more iconic than the War of 1812
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Times Old-School Spycraft Sounded Like Straight-Up Looney Tunes
We’ll stop using fake animal poop when it stops WORKING
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Boyfriends Who Ruined Everything
Matty Healy is far from the first man to bring down the woman he loves
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 of the Most Disgusting Ways People Have Tried to Predict the Future
You’re one burned sheep’s liver away from hitting the lottery
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Of The Most Accident-Prone People in History
One man survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear blasts.
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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13 Mostly Diplomatic, Extremely Cathartic “F*** You”s From Historical Figures And Celebrities
Stephen Hawking turned down a knighthood as a form of protest.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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The German Knight Who Coined the Phrase ‘Kiss My Ass’ Was the Iron Man of His Time
Equipped a bionic hand that was a 16th-century technological marvel, Götz von Berlichingen is said to have delivered the invitation to rim him to a general who invited him to surrender, and in Germany, his name alone is now interpreted as the same
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- By Mike Rampton
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12 Gender-Bending Historic Feats Pull Off By People In Drag
Jazz musician Billy Tipton was a woman, and people only found out after they died.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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Five Times Being Dead Didn’t Prevent Someone from Being Executed
That’ll teach ’em
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- By Mike Rampton
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12 Historical And Cultural Artifacts That Got Stolen In Little-Known Heists
In 1966, the World Cup trophy was stolen by London gangsters and found by a dog.
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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