Cracked Archive - History
5 Historically Baffling Weapons Militaries Actually Made
Even for the insatiable bloodlust of humankind, we went a little overboard with our weapons of war ...
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- By Mac Faber
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5 The Surprisingly Complicated Case of Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary gets a bad rap, considering she, you know, killed people.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Internationally Confusing History of Pizza
Pizza existed in some form for thousands of years before an Italian ever saw a tomato.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Wildest Details of the Lori Vallow 'Doomsday Mom' Murder Case
The story of Lori Vallow, A.K.A. the “Doomsday Mom,” was bonkers even before her children went missing, and it hasn't gotten less weird from there.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Dumbest Old-Timey Workout and Diet Fads People Sold
Back in the day, folks turned to some even wilder, absolutely bs, workout and diet fads than we got now.
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- By Mac Faber
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A Brief Timeline Of Starbucks' Path To World Domination
The company that's had a stranglehold on consumer's caffeine content for decades.
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- By Eli Yudin
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Not So Stockholm: The Patty Hearst Case
There's a few problems with this story, namely that it's probably almost entirely wrong.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Time a Horse Bombed Wall Street
It was an all-around confusing time that did not become less so when a horse trotted up to Wall Street and promptly exploded.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Japan Offered Margaret Thatcher Twenty ‘Karate Ladies’
We don't know if that would have been enough karate ladies.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Exceedingly Grim Facts About America's First Serial Killer
Hello, local medical school? I have a corpse to sell you, no questions please.
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Famous People The FBI Kept Files On
Why did the FBI care about The Monkees?
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- By Shea
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The Dark Truth About Being Released From Prison (VIDEO)
It actually still sucks.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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Canadian … Cheese? The Strange Story of Kraft Dinner
Why did Canada go so gaga for processed cheese? Isn’t that our territory?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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14 Royally Messed Up Facts About the British Monarchy
We barely scratch the surface.
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- By Shea
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What Exactly Was The Attica Prison Riot?
What exactly was Attica and how did it become the battle cry of the disenfranchised?
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- By Amanda Mannen
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