Cracked Archive - History
4 Famous Historical Figures (Who Were Doin' It Nonstop)
Someday we must all learn about the prodigious love life of H.G. Wells.
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- By Mark Hill
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14 Prussia's King Tried To Breed An Army Of Gigantic Super-Soldiers
The upside was that the pay (like the height) was well above-average. The downside was that you didn't have much of a choice.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Forty Elephants: The Victorian-Era Bling Ring
What good is a bustle if you can't use it to hide ill-gotten gains?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Time Killer Whales Teamed Up With Whale Killers
Things aren't always so black and white.
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- By Cedric Voets
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'Brazilian Waxing' Became Popular Because Pubic Hair is Legally Too Sexy
It’s like if cleavage was outlawed, so everyone started getting horny about turtlenecks.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Brutal Battle of Chuck E. Cheese v. ShowBiz Pizza
It's the 'Game of Thrones' of third-rate pizza.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Creepiest Dish In French Cuisine (Is Eating A Lil' Bird In One Bite)
The ortolan is a small songbird that’s considered a French delicacy, but it ain’t no chicken.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Anatoly Slivko, the Terrifying Soviet Necrophiliac Serial Killer
He was like a Soviet Hannibal Lecter, though he sucked at it.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Rude Statues That Caused Athens' Democratic Downfall
Classic(al) pranks.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Japan's Urine Gangs And Their 'Pee Scam' Left Victims High And (Not) Dry
They were the original 'Wet Bandits.'
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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The (Accident Riddled) History Of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an absurd helium-filled mess.
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Unkillable People Who Stared Death In The Face And Said "Not Today"
They store down Death. Death blinked.
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- By Nathan Williams
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One Of America's Most Nightmarish Monsters Was A Nice Old Lady
Meet Georgia Tann: adoption advocate, kindly senior, and ghoul who stole 5,000 children.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Eye Rolling Was Your Grandparents' DTF Sign
As comical as that sounds, we scrunch up half of our faces as we close one eye to express the same thing today, so we can’t exactly talk.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Georgia O'Keeffe Hated People Thinking Her Flower Paintings Are 'Vaginas'
Naturally, the person responsible for making sure everyone perverted O’Keeffe’s pretty flowers was a man.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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