Cracked Archive - History
Native Americans Treated Trans People Better Than We Do Now
Hundreds of years ago, some Native American tribes actually held a deep respect for people who identified themselves as outside the gender binary -- or as they were called, 'two-spirits.'
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- April 14, 2018
5 World Leaders Who Did The Opposite Of What You'd Expect
Sometimes we get the story wrong entirely, and it's not like the biopic is going to correct us.
- By Adam S.
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- April 09, 2018
5 Cities That Changed Unrecognizably In Only A Few Decades
It takes ages for a city to truly change. But there are exceptions
- By E. Reid Ross
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- April 08, 2018
5 Famous People Whose Corpses Got Desecrated In Crazy Ways
Powerful people have powerful enemies, and the dead have a hard time fighting back
- By E. J. Diaz
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- April 02, 2018
The Miraculous Cat That Survived THREE Shipwrecks
It's standard practice for ships to keep station cats aboard for keeping the mice at bay.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 28, 2018
7 WTF Details About Historical Events Everyone Forgets
Sometimes we ignore all of the chaotic insanity that typically accompanies history.
- By Kelly Stone
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- March 25, 2018
The Nazi Outpost In Canada That No One Noticed
A Nazi U-boat infiltrated Canada and no one figured it out until 1981.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 24, 2018
The Secret History Of The French Horse-Butt Sniper
What’s a better sniping position than shooting through a fake horse’s anus?
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 07, 2018
That Time A Nazi Submarine Captain Sank His Ship By Flushing
And you thought pooping in your new date’s bathroom was embarrassing.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 03, 2018
The Gay Bomb: A Real Thing The US Military Considered
How was this an actual plan in the 1990s???
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 28, 2018
5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago
Some supposedly modern societies end up ridiculously behind the curve.
- By Daisy Walters, Andrea Meno, Roman Odarenko
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- February 24, 2018
'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial
You'd think 'Wash your hands for half a minute. Worst-case scenario, you get clean hands' would be a pretty inoffensive suggestion.
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 17, 2018
The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine
Turns out, the Wild West wasn't one big nonstop shootout.
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 14, 2018
Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?
It may look like those animals are wearing jetpacks, but the truth is considerably grimmer.
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- February 10, 2018
7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun
Back in the day, our ancestors had a lot fewer things around to entertain them. Maybe that's why they came up with all this crazy stuff ...
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- February 08, 2018
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