Cracked Archive - History
7 Realities Of Surviving Mass Shootings The Media Leaves Out
Since saying that America still struggles with school shootings is a championship-level understatement, we wanted to get Amanda's perspective on what happened then, and what's happened since.
- By Mark Hill
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- February 08, 2017
5 Iconic Resistance Movements You're Picturing Exactly Wrong
History is riddled with intriguing and dramatic stories of resistance against tyranny and the fight for equality -- and also errors, accounts influenced by the author's bias, and outright lies.
- By Vincent Pall, Steven Assarian, Adam Pilarski
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- February 06, 2017
5 Unspeakably Bad Historical Practices That Never Went Away
We pretty much just slap new coats of paint on old atrocities and carry on like nothing's changed.
- By J.C Breen
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- February 01, 2017
The 5 Ballsiest Ways Anyone Has Ever Switched Sides Mid-War
You can brand them traitors, you can curse their names, you can execute them, but you can't say they didn't have balls.
- By Zachary Frey
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- January 24, 2017
5 Horror Scenes Deleted From History For Being Too Creepy
If it's true that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it, then for the love of God, please pay very close attention.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- January 20, 2017
Modern-Day America Summed Up In One Photo (From 1957)
This will change how you think of America forever. Or, you know, at least for a little while.
- By Alyssa Feller
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- January 11, 2017
5 Great Women Ignored By History For Absurdly Sexist Reasons
Most history books have been written by men, and wouldn't you know it? Those darn, sneaky ladies are nowhere to be found.
- By Tiago Svn, Justin Crockett, CJ Rigdon, Luke Miller
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- January 05, 2017
The Most Horrifying Way A Nation Tried To Stop Drinking
Turns out quitting the drink was a very stinky affair back in the day.
- By Carlos Yu
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- January 03, 2017
5 Real Historic Purges That Prove Life Used To Be Horrifying
Every once in a while, huge crowds of ordinary people came together in epic demonstrations of collective mayhem, and suffered no consequences whatsoever for it.
- By Joe Hayes
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- January 03, 2017
6 Badass Unsung Heroes From History's Darkest Hours
Even humanity's biggest disasters have life-affirming moments hidden within, courtesy of regular people stepping up to help others.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- December 22, 2016
21 Holiday Traditions With Shockingly Bizarre Origins
Holiday traditions don't actually originate from elves and Krampus.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 14, 2016
How Our Ancestors Used Clever Workarounds To Look At Porn
Here's a not often told story of bravery and perseverance.
- By 3C Robles-Jackson
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- December 11, 2016
8 Creepy Aspects Of Nazi Culture (You've Never Heard Of)
The sheer awfulness of Nazism tainted everything they did. Even the fun things.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- December 08, 2016
5 Trends From History With Messed Up Explanations
Those people in your history books were busy doing things for you to read about in history books. They weren't subject to dumb fads. Theirs were ridiculous.
- By Cracked Writers
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- December 06, 2016
6 Everyday Objects You Had No Clue People Once Used As Money
If you would have told our ancestors that one day we'd be using plastic cards and paper bills to acquire our daily needs, they probably would have said, 'Why? Is violence obsolete in the future? Also, what is plastic?'
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- December 06, 2016
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