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5 Terrifying Plots That Turned Into Goofy Disasters
There's only one Bruce Willis, and he can't be everywhere.
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- By Alex Hanton
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42 History Has Never Agreed On A True Definition Of 'Happiness'
The definition of happiness has changed many, many times.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Totally Wrong
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.
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- By Steven Assarian, E.M. Caris, bshusemann
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5 Dark Historical Mysteries We'll Probably Never Solve
Not every tragedy ends with a perfectly understandable conclusion wrapped in a tidy bow.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Unexpected Ways The 1990s Were Different From Today
The '90s were the last era in which America had its crap together.
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- By Steven Assarian, Tyler Peterson, Andrea Meno
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The Pyramids Used To Look NOTHING Like They Look Today
The pyramids used to be even cooler-looking when they were first built.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Ways Being Rich Was Flat-Out Crazy Hundreds Of Years Ago
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.
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- By Adam Wears
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That Time The Supreme Court Believed In Ghosts
The landmark court case of Living v. Dead
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Old Photos From History That'll Blow Your Minds
Once you dig into the richness of history, you kinda find the kick-butt, surprising, and occasionally stupid secrets that have been kept buried.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Ways The Past Was Even Crazier Than You Thought
Go back a few centuries and you'll find the world was built for jerks.
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- By Joe Hayes
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Teach Kids The Alphabet With These Medieval Death Prints
E is for Eternal Suffering.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Time The Nazis Tried To Invent Their Own 'Jurassic Park'
Nazis attempted to scientifically resurrect two extinct animals so they could hunt them again.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Common Sayings That Mean The Opposite Of What You Think
Sliced bread was not a groundbreaking invention. Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. An apple a day doesn't keep the doctor away.
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- By Stephan Roget
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Check Out This Crazy Hell-Themed Nightclub From The 1890s
The coolest-looking nightclubs of all time belonged to 1890s France.
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- By Cracked Writers
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Meet The Medieval Warrior With A Blade For A Hand
He was a killing machine who could only count to six.
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- By Cedric Voets
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