Cracked Archive - History
5 Weird Lifehacks From History (That Actually Worked)
Our ancestors had their own hilarious life hacks.
- By Alex Hanton, Ryan Menezes, Christian Markle, Jack R. Loun
- /
- August 24, 2019
5 Bonkers Supervillain Plans Real Governments Actually Tried
Crazy like a fox.
- By Alex Hanton
- /
- August 20, 2019
6 Real-Life Villains Who'd Be Too Crazy For Comic Books
These guys make the Joker look like a well-adjusted citizen.
- By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Tee Ngin Rui
- /
- August 17, 2019
5 Writers Who Showed Crazy Courage Chasing A Story
How far would YOU go to get the scoop?
- By Adam Wears
- /
- August 13, 2019
5 World-Famous Tourist Landmarks (With Messed-Up Histories)
Tour guides don't tell you all the gruesome stuff that goes down at famous locations.
- By E.M. Caris
- /
- August 09, 2019
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
- /
- August 08, 2019
5 Historical Treasures That Are Accidental Comedy Gold
Our ancestors were just as dumb as us.
- By Adam Wears
- /
- 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
- /
- 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
- /
- 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
- /
- 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
- /
- July 27, 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
- /
- 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
- /
- July 22, 2019
5 Ways The Past Used To Be Unbelievably Disgusting
Before the 20th century, most of the world was a toilet.
- By Greg Stacy
- /
- July 13, 2019
5 Shocking Ways Pop Culture Inspired Horrible Crimes
Even criminals can't help but reference pop culture.
- By Adam Wears
- /
- July 08, 2019
Viral on Cracked
