Cracked Archive - History
17 Stories Of Women Who Fought Against Nazis
Just a few of the many brave stories.
- By Shea
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- September 11, 2020
Meet The Guys Who Made America's LSD ... In An Ol' Missile Silo
Sometimes you just gotta make an absolutely comical amount of acid in a missile silo, y'know?
- By Alex Hanton
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- September 11, 2020
'Coffee Shop Liberals' Goes Back to the 17th Century
Basically, they were trying to brand coffee drinkers as that era’s soy boys.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 10, 2020
The Guy Who Shipwrecked On A Cannibal Island Then Took It Over
Our mission here is to scour history for the single Weirdest Life Anyone Has Ever Lived.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- September 09, 2020
Immortality Potions Killed So Many Chinese Emperors
In a row...
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 08, 2020
The Newspaper With The Most WTF Headlines In America
For years, New Jersey has been home to America's classiest newspaper.
- By Alex Hanton
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- September 08, 2020
Unsung War Heroes Who Deserve Their Own Movies
Some war heroes never get their moment in the spotlight. Let's change that, eh?
- By Adam Wears
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- September 05, 2020
An English Town is Known as 'Monkey Hangers' Because of the Stupidest War Legend
How on Earth is such a nickname earned? Some kind of unfortunate zoo shenanigans?
- By Amanda Mannen
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- September 04, 2020
6 More Insane Facts That Will Change How You View Christianity
Yeah, there are some gaps and plot holes here ...
- By Nathan Williams
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- September 03, 2020
4 Everyday Foods With WTF Dark Histories
The stuff you shovel into your mouth has a darker history than you know ...
- By Adam Wears
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- September 02, 2020
20 Things From 2010 That Seem Strange In Retrospect
It's wild how much can change in a decade.
- By Shea
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- September 01, 2020
America Wanted To Stop The Earth's Rotation To Trick Soviet Nukes
Money makes the world go round. Rockets make the earth go stop.
- By Cedric Voets
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- September 01, 2020
6 Status Symbols From The Past (That Now Seem Totally Ridiculous)
How were pineapples once worth more than gold?
- By Ryan Menezes
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- September 01, 2020
16 Ridiculous Trends We Can Be Grateful Are History
Let's hope these trends never come back in style.
- By Shea
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- August 31, 2020
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