Cracked Archive - History
Bobbing For Apples, Like Most Things, Started For Sex Reasons
Hundreds of years ago, it was a game you played to flirt with your target, like pub trivia today.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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8 Russia's 'GTA Gang' Was As Cartoonishly Violent As They Sound
5 Stars -- the Moscow police.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Horrific Mystery Of The Arctic's Stupidest Expedition
Over a hundred men died, and it all happened because one Sir John Franklin just couldn't stop pitching a tent for an unbelievably bad idea ...
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- By Mac Faber
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The Sad, Creepy, Tale Of India's Fake Royal Family In A Dead Palace
The royal line of Ouch.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Victorian-Era 'Willy Wonka' Gave Kids Poisoned Candy
Please, sir, can I have some more arsenic?
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- By Cedric Voets
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An Oddly Gendered Reason Why Homes Are Ugly Now
Wright’s heart was in the right place, but his head was probably distracted by some stained glass.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Year That We Had 15 Months
The Roman calendar wasn't made in a day -- or in a normal year.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Photos Of The Past That Look Like Trippy Fantasy
Today is the day we'll all look at a guy wearing a pufferfish as a helmet.
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- By Alex Hanton
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The Mysterious Post-Death Journey Of Rasputin’s Dick
Moral of the story: Never buy a severed dick.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Jimmy Carter's Hemorrhoids Offer A Weird Historical Parallel To Trump's White House
It must have been a real pain in the butt for the former President to speak out about his condition.
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- By Carly Tennes
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The Inspiring Tale Of America's First Dumb Trashy Millionaire
Even back then a McMansion couldn't buy class.
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- By Mac Faber
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5 Historic Figures With Drastically Different Descendants
Sometimes taking your own path goes down some weird roads.
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- By E.M. Caris
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How A $40 Million Lotto Heist Changed Philosophy History
You don't get into philosophy for the money, but that doesn't mean you can't beat the odds.
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- By Cedric Voets
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How A Roman Emperor's Enemies Accidentally Turned Them Into A Trans Icon
How is making them extra awesome going to erase them from history?
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Wild (Incestuous) Story Of The 'Adam and Eve' Of Hamsters
It involves infanticide, cannibalism, incest, and some combinations thereof.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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