Cracked Archive - History
Thou Shalt Maybe Kill: 5 Bible Facts Everyone Gets Wrong
Despite its massive influence, there are still a few very basic points we get wrong about the Bible.
- By Alex Buchanan, Guy Bigel
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- June 04, 2017
5 Stories That Prove Everyone Gets WW2 Wrong
We like to think we know everything there is to about World War II but, well, get ready ready for a history lesson, folks.
- By Zachary Frey
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- May 31, 2017
5 Ordinary Things Made Historic Via Publicity Stunts
Many of the things we consider iconic elements of our culture began as cheap grabs for attention.
- By Orrin R. K.
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- May 31, 2017
Dirty Little Secrets Hiding In Famous Companies' Past
Murder, drugs, and thievery -- just a little of what's hiding in the history of famous household brands.
- By AM Smiley
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- May 20, 2017
5 Times Comics Were Eerily Right About The Future
It's a little unnerving when the wacky plots of the comic book world make their way into ours.
- By Eamon Lahiri
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- May 17, 2017
7 Reasons Dying Was Embarrassing As Hell In Olden Times
In the past, the real horror show started after you died.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- May 14, 2017
5 Famous People Who Blatantly Lied (And Barely Paid For It)
If you're good at lying, the world is an all-you-can-eat buffet respect, fame, and riches.
- By Xavier Jackson, Nathan Kamal, Rachel P.
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- May 11, 2017
12 Strange Cases Of Simultaneous Invention
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- May 01, 2017
The True Adventures Of Bill Hitler, Hitler's Idiot Nephew
In a quirky twist of fate, the Universe saddled the goose-stepping genocidal maniac with a slimy, opportunistic, clingy black sheep to ruin his Christmases.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- April 25, 2017
My Job Was Telling Bush Things He Didn’t Want To Hear
This is what happens when you have an intellectual throw-down with the most powerful man on earth.
- By Robert Evans
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- April 24, 2017
6 Modern Armies Who Seriously Tried To Win Wars Using Magic
Plenty of modern armies have dipped their toes into the decidedly unscientific field of pseudoscience so they could just magic away their enemies.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- April 23, 2017
5 Historical Plot Twists That Seem Too Crazy To Be Real
History is full of tales that would be considered examples of hack writing, if the author wasn't "reality."
- By Stephan Roget
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- April 20, 2017
7 Real Ads (That Were Clearly Made By Insane Nihilists)
Sometimes ads not only make zero sense, they're downright degrading.
- By Nimby Smith
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- April 18, 2017
6 Unbelievable Tales Of Nazi Defectors You Never Knew About
Support for the Nazis within Germany was far from universal, and at least a few would end up fighting like crazy to wreck the Nazi war machine from the inside.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- April 16, 2017
7 Times History Went Straight Slapstick
History is sometimes written by the winners and other times written by coked-out sitcom writers desperate to finish a scene.
- By Xavier Jackson, Alexander Pan, Jordan Breeding, Mike Turner
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- April 16, 2017
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