Cracked Archive - History

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

• By Cracked Writers
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• February 14, 2018

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

• By Cracked Writers
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• February 10, 2018

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 ...

• By Kathy Benjamin
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• February 08, 2018

We can't agree on what happens to us after we die. Luckily, there have been plenty of spiritual pioneers who took it upon themselves to ask the only people who know the answer ...

• By Adam Wears
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• February 06, 2018

Real politicians aren't our there murdering dogs or pushing their enemies to certain death, right? Come on, of course they've done all of that and worse.

• By Alex Hanton
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• February 05, 2018

The Game of Life used to be much, much darker.

• By Cracked Writers
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• February 03, 2018

The world is not fair.

• By Kathy Benjamin
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• January 21, 2018

At one point, Henry really lived up to the supervillain stereotype.

• By Cracked Writers
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• January 20, 2018

We'd love to say that being in a position of power brings out the best in people...

• By Kelly Stone
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• January 16, 2018

Like a Kinder Surprise, if the chocolate was horror and the surprise was even more horror.

• By Carolyn Burke
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• January 10, 2018

Throughout the course of history, the U.S. has at least attempted to put a military base or nuclear weapons in just about any location you can dream up. The moon was no exception.

• By Cracked Writers
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• January 06, 2018

Look hard enough, and you'll see that cities and towns are still pockmarked with creepy remnants of wars gone by.

• By Carolyn Burke
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• January 02, 2018

There's a limit to our suspension of disbelief in regards to Christmas miracles, and that limit is Nazis.

• By John Champion
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• December 25, 2017

Twitter is a yawning gyre of GIFs, random maniacs screaming into the endless void in search of a meager morsel of meaning, and dog photos.

• By Adam Wears
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• December 21, 2017

History is like a toga-wearing frat boy named Moose who duct-tapes malt liquor bottles to his hands.

• By Alex Hanton
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• December 19, 2017