Cracked Archive - History
6 Iconic Monuments That Almost Looked Completely Insane
Most monuments are actually pretty crazy. But those ones are tiddlywinks compared to these tributes we almost had.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- August 11, 2015
6 Insane Realities Of Life In A Modern Dictatorship
Belarus is frequently called 'Europe's last dictatorship.' We sat down with a man from there, and this is what we learned
- By Robert Evans, Anonymous
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- August 09, 2015
21 Tiny Mistakes That Changed History
Sometimes the smallest misstep can have huge ramifications.
- By AM Smiley
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- August 08, 2015
5 Insane True Stories That Change How You Picture WWII
The best evidence of how batshit things got is that so many of the weirder stories just became footnotes in your history book.
- By Zachary Frey
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- August 06, 2015
14 Jokes You Didn't Know Movies & TV Stole From History
Those planks of the wood in the past were too busy dying or running from dinosaurs to have a sense of humor of things. Right?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 03, 2015
6 Historical Myths You've Lapped Up As Fact
From the most pivotal moments of massive wars to fun little factoids about historical figures, a little digging reveals that nothing played out exactly the way your history books claim.
- By Nathan Williams, Glenn Clayburn
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- July 30, 2015
Hitler's Super Jet: 6 Lost Historical Secrets We've Dug Up
Hey, scientists, cut it out.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 29, 2015
4 Sexual Preferences That Only Recently Became Taboo
We often imagine our elders as being more prudish than we are today. But, well, you can see where this is going ...
- By C. Coville
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- July 28, 2015
If Historical Movies Were Accurate
History is interesting in its own right, but a lot of the more disturbing aspects of everyday life just aren't that marketable.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 24, 2015
4 Terrifying Crimes (That We'll Never Solve)
A good murder mystery is pretty much the most enticing thing you can imagine.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- July 22, 2015
6 Things You Learn Preserving America's Past
We sent one of our interviewers to Washington D.C. to speak with a source at a national archive, about saving relics from America's past from ending up next to your Taco Bell receipt in the trash.
- By Anonymous, Evan V. Symon
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- July 20, 2015
30 Hilariously Bizarre Pieces Of Anti-American Propaganda
With anti-American sentiments come the most baffling and hilarious propaganda materials we've ever seen.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 20, 2015
Bicycles Cause Lesbians: The 26 Weirdest Moral Panics Ever
Man, we sure panic over a lot of really dumb stuff.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 18, 2015
21 Acts Of Revenge That Took A Baffling Amount Of Effort
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Or, perhaps, revenge is a dish best served hot, complex, and preferably bloody.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 11, 2015
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