Cracked Archive - History
The Horrific Story Of The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating
This sounds like BS, but it's well-documented.
- By Mac Faber
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- November 25, 2018
6 US Military Training Videos That Were Pure Insanity
Maybe these videos weren't the best way to teach soldiers to stay alive.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Adam Koski, Michael Battaglino
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- November 21, 2018
5 Shocking Crimes From People Who Founded Famous Companies
Some titans of industry were actually titanic bastards.
- By Alex Hanton
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- November 19, 2018
5 Ways Normal People Allow Evil Rulers To Thrive
Evil people gain power because otherwise-good people actively help them along.
- By Robert Evans
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- November 15, 2018
5 Archaeological Finds That Prove the Past Was Dumb AF
Some centuries-old junk is outright stupid.
- By Adam Wears
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- November 15, 2018
Archaeologists Just Found A Bunch Of Mummified Cats
If you're a cat person, welcome to a vision of the perfect afterlife.
- By Adam Wears
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- November 14, 2018
The Incredible Story Of History's Most Influential Penis
More resilient than Rasputin himself is the legend of his mighty dong.
- By Mac Faber
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- November 09, 2018
The 5 Dumbest Lies Ever Told By US Presidents (Before Trump)
You can't reach the White House without being a fantastic liar.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Stephan Roget
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- November 06, 2018
5 Creepy AF Historical Finds (You'll Wish Hadn't Been Found)
These historical finds don't belong in museums, they belong in horror movies.
- By Adam Wears
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- October 29, 2018
5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove We've Evolved Into Wimps
Our ancestors were some of the toughest people to ever live.
- By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Ivan Farkas, Laura H, Alan Corcoran
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- October 15, 2018
5 Insane Ways History's Screwed Over Disabled People
You might be surprised how cartoonishly evil some people can be.
- By Adam Wears
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- October 11, 2018
5 Famous Geniuses And Their Super Embarrassing Early Works
Even the best minds mankind has ever encountered behaved like hormonal idiots when they were young.
- By Raoni Lacerda, Peter I. Santiago
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- September 25, 2018
5 Awful Torture Methods (Invented For Humanitarian Reasons)
Some of histories worst atrocities were thought up by people who were only trying to help.
- By Nathan Williams
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- September 19, 2018
5 Historical Facts That Were Way Too Stupid For The Movies
History is a vast, fascinating, and occasionally very stupid thing.
- By Alex Hanton, Taylor Daine, E.M. Caris, Dan Hopper, James Freeth
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- September 18, 2018
The 1938 'War Of The Worlds' Alien Hysteria Was Fake News
Fake news about fake news?
- By Cracked Writers
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- September 15, 2018
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