Cracked Archive - History

We like to think we're getting pretty good at spotting when a politician is lying to us ... and yet.

• By Stephan Roget
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• June 19, 2018

Thank you?

• By Nimby Smith
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• June 15, 2018

Some of these nerdy and eccentric icons of yore got involved in some pretty shady business.

• By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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• June 14, 2018

Any history buff knows the importance of a good bluff.

• By Stephan Roget
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• June 05, 2018

The office of the president of the United States of America has always been embarrassing.

• By Mark Hill
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• May 31, 2018

There's only one Bruce Willis, and he can't be everywhere.

• By Alex Hanton
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• May 29, 2018

The definition of happiness has changed many, many times.

• By Cracked Writers
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• May 26, 2018

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Napoleon overcame his height problems to conquer Europe, and Julius Caesar was murdered for inventing a controversial salad. These summaries aren't 100 percent accurate.

• By Steven Assarian, E.M. Caris, bshusemann
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• May 21, 2018

Not every tragedy ends with a perfectly understandable conclusion wrapped in a tidy bow.

• By Adam Wears
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• May 18, 2018

The '90s were the last era in which America had its crap together.

• By Steven Assarian, Tyler Peterson, Andrea Meno
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• May 16, 2018

The pyramids used to be even cooler-looking when they were first built.

• By Cracked Writers
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• May 12, 2018

The historical record shows that the old-timey rich, in their struggle to stave off ennui and entropy, devised some remarkably absurd ways of passing the time.

• By Adam Wears
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• May 06, 2018

The landmark court case of Living v. Dead

• By Cracked Writers
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• May 05, 2018

Once you dig into the richness of history, you kinda find the kick-butt, surprising, and occasionally stupid secrets that have been kept buried.

• By Adam Wears
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• April 30, 2018

Go back a few centuries and you'll find the world was built for jerks.

• By Joe Hayes
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• April 30, 2018