Cracked Archive - History
5 Shocking Crimes From People Who Founded Famous Companies
Some titans of industry were actually titanic bastards.
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- By Alex Hanton
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10 5 Archaeological Finds That Prove the Past Was Dumb AF
Some centuries-old junk is outright stupid.
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- By Adam Wears
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Archaeologists Just Found A Bunch Of Mummified Cats
If you're a cat person, welcome to a vision of the perfect afterlife.
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- By Adam Wears
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The 5 Dumbest Lies Ever Told By US Presidents (Before Trump)
You can't reach the White House without being a fantastic liar.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Stephan Roget
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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.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove We've Evolved Into Wimps
Our ancestors were some of the toughest people to ever live.
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- By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Ivan Farkas, Laura H, Alan Corcoran
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5 Insane Ways History's Screwed Over Disabled People
You might be surprised how cartoonishly evil some people can be.
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- By Adam Wears
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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.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Peter I. Santiago
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5 Awful Torture Methods (Invented For Humanitarian Reasons)
Some of histories worst atrocities were thought up by people who were only trying to help.
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- By Nathan Williams
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5 Historical Facts That Were Way Too Stupid For The Movies
History is a vast, fascinating, and occasionally very stupid thing.
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- By Alex Hanton, Taylor Daine, E.M. Caris, Dan Hopper, James Freeth
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The 1938 'War Of The Worlds' Alien Hysteria Was Fake News
Fake news about fake news?
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- By Cracked Writers
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World-Changing Plots That Came Close To Happening
A few mind-blowing conspiracies came scary close to actually changing the world.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Alex Hanton
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George Washington Got Hit By Lightning In The Womb
Apparently, George Washington was marked for greatness before he was ever born.
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- By Cracked Writers
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6 Famous Quotes You See On Facebook (That Are Crazy Fake)
Most of these people would never said that thing you think they said.
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- By Aquiles Cacho
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Paintball Looked Far More Insane In The 1900s
Mankind has always been looking for a reason to shoot at each other.
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- By Cracked Writers
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