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Cracked Archive - History

Native Americans Treated Trans People Better Than We Do Now
Native Americans Treated Trans People Better Than We Do Now

Hundreds of years ago, some Native American tribes actually held a deep respect for people who identified themselves as outside the gender binary -- or as they were called, 'two-spirits.'

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5 World Leaders Who Did The Opposite Of What You'd Expect
5 World Leaders Who Did The Opposite Of What You'd Expect

Sometimes we get the story wrong entirely, and it's not like the biopic is going to correct us.

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5 Cities That Changed Unrecognizably In Only A Few Decades
5 Cities That Changed Unrecognizably In Only A Few Decades

It takes ages for a city to truly change. But there are exceptions

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5 Famous People Whose Corpses Got Desecrated In Crazy Ways
5 Famous People Whose Corpses Got Desecrated In Crazy Ways

Powerful people have powerful enemies, and the dead have a hard time fighting back

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The Miraculous Cat That Survived THREE Shipwrecks
The Miraculous Cat That Survived THREE Shipwrecks

It's standard practice for ships to keep station cats aboard for keeping the mice at bay.

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7 WTF Details About Historical Events Everyone Forgets
7 WTF Details About Historical Events Everyone Forgets

Sometimes we ignore all of the chaotic insanity that typically accompanies history.

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The Nazi Outpost In Canada That No One Noticed
The Nazi Outpost In Canada That No One Noticed

A Nazi U-boat infiltrated Canada and no one figured it out until 1981.

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The Secret History Of The French Horse-Butt Sniper
The Secret History Of The French Horse-Butt Sniper

What’s a better sniping position than shooting through a fake horse’s anus?

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That Time A Nazi Submarine Captain Sank His Ship By Flushing
That Time A Nazi Submarine Captain Sank His Ship By Flushing

And you thought pooping in your new date’s bathroom was embarrassing.

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The Gay Bomb: A Real Thing The US Military Considered
The Gay Bomb: A Real Thing The US Military Considered

How was this an actual plan in the 1990s???

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5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago
5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago

Some supposedly modern societies end up ridiculously behind the curve.

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'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial
'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial

You'd think 'Wash your hands for half a minute. Worst-case scenario, you get clean hands' would be a pretty inoffensive suggestion.

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The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine
The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine

Turns out, the Wild West wasn't one big nonstop shootout.

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Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?
Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?

It may look like those animals are wearing jetpacks, but the truth is considerably grimmer.

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7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun
7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun

Back in the day, our ancestors had a lot fewer things around to entertain them. Maybe that's why they came up with all this crazy stuff ...

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