Cracked Archive - History
5 Everyday Things (That Have Secret Racist Origin Stories)
We can't be certain, but Hitler may have had a picture of Carl Brigham in his school locker when he was a kid.
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- By 3C Robles-Jackson
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477 5 Ways The War On Drugs Has Always Been Racist As Hell
A lot of so-called anti-drug efforts which authorities have put together over the years have mostly been excuses to harass minorities.
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- By Mark Hill
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- 299
5 Famed Moments In History Brought To You By STDs
Some of the most famous people to walk the earth have been plagued with odd discharges and strange burning sensations severe enough to change the course of history.
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- By Kelly Stone
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5 Beloved People You Never Knew Said Crazy Horrible Stuff
Search deep enough, and even the most beloved figures have at one point or another blurted out something stupid, condescending, or plain hateful.
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- By Stephan Roget
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5 Underreported Jerk Moves By Famous Historical Figures
Popular history more closely resembles a Disney adaptation rather than how things actually went down.
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- By Stephan Roget
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- 126
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5 Heartwarming Stories From History Among All The Horror
If you dig deep enough, past all the wars and slavery and plagues, you can find a few heartwarming stories buried in history's cold murky depths.
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- By James Freeth
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- 76
6 Insane Health Scares You Never Learned About In School
History has played host to a range of terrifying diseases that did their business, crippled some populations and straight-up vanished.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Historical Deaths That Read Like Crazy Myths (But Aren’t)
Our condolences, but a lightning strike to the exact center of your head is a pretty awesome way to go.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- 138
6 Fascinating Works Of Art Made By Our (Horny) Ancestors
Scientist have been digging up depraved artifacts for decades and, yes, all of this is real.
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- By Laura H
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6 Freak Natural Disasters That Were The Stuff Of Nightmares
In an incident taken straight from a Stephen King novel, a lake murdered 1,746 people overnight.
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- By Justin Crockett
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- 114
6 Iconic Moments In History You Never Knew Were Utter Messes
The most dangerous place in 2007 wasn't in Iraq; it was an Apple conference room.
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- By Adam Wears
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- 176
5 Famous Corpses That Ended Up In Totally Random Places
It turns out some historical figures continued to have amazing adventures long after they ceased living -- or parts of them had amazing adventures, at least.
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- By Cedric Voets
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- 113
5 Hilariously Ballsy Cons Pulled Off By Historical Figures
The United States congress has actually banned people from space -- and it's all thanks to moon stamps.
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- By Adam Wears
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- 117
5 Horrifying Murderers (You Never Knew Got Away With It)
We live in the crapsack regular universe where some of history's greatest monsters have completely gotten away with it.
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- By Adam Wears
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- 201
5 Badass Characters You're Picturing Totally Incorrectly
Pop culture provides us with a convenient shorthand to understand history, but most of the time pop culture is super duper drunk.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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- 357
