Cracked Archive - History

4 Secretly Brilliant Details Of Art (You Mistook For Errors)

History is fraught with inexplicable artistic trends which seem silly to modern-day people. But if you look into it, sometimes there's are very good explanations for them.

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By Rachel P.
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October 06, 2016

6 Fun Activities That Were Horrifying Throughout History

Pick even the tamest weekend activity out of the divorced dad's guidebook, and you'll find that the nearest equivalent in olden days was a horrific, inhuman distortion of what we have today.

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By Nimby Smith, Carolyn Burke
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October 05, 2016

Why It's Time To Stop Using The Word Slut

Slut, the traditionally offensive, sometimes fiercely feminist word, died on Tuesday. The word was 614.

By Carolyn Burke
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October 04, 2016

5 Epic Bouts of Drunkenness That Made The History Books

Behold, the inebriated shenanigans of a chosen few legendary drinkers, whose stumbling binges squatted in the face of logic, national security, and history, and ripped a wet, beery fart.

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By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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September 29, 2016

5 Historical Con Artists Who Wouldn't Hack It Today

Let's make a toast to the golden age of trading B.S. for cash, from before the time when a quick internet search could tell us the difference between a legitimate businessman and a jerk.

By Daniel Dockery
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September 24, 2016

The 5 Pettiest Abuses Of Power In Presidential History

Before you start harshly judging contemporary candidates against the dignified leaders of the good old days, you should keep in mind that all presidents were kind of petty.

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By Kelly Stone
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September 21, 2016

6 Evil WW2 Plots That Were Actually Pursued By The Good Guys

It turns out the Allies could be just as deranged as the Axis when it came to thinking of ways to win the war, and no one gives them enough credit for that.

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By Sergei Korolev
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September 04, 2016

5 Awesome Ways Pacifists Told The Man To F#@% Off

Hashtags are great and all, but this is how you non-violently change history like a boss.

By Kathy Benjamin
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September 03, 2016

5 Ways Minorities Were Screwed Out Of The History Books

It may be hard to tell, but America used to have a problem with discrimination -- which led to a bunch of legitimately impressive people of color getting totally screwed out of their rightful place in the annals of Stuff We Wrote Down.

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