Cracked Archive - History
There Was Once A Huge Empire Outside Of St. Louis, MO (And Schools Barely Teach It)
What if we told you that North America's Rome was down the street from the Cardinals' stadium?
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- By Cedric Voets
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43 6 Historical Figures That Pop-Culture Got Pretty Wrong
The dead, like the living, need a little image boost to keep them relevant.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Was Jesus Getting Stoned?
“Pass the bong said He,” Psalm 4:20
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- By Oona O'Brien
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How We Tried To Trade with Aliens in the 1600s
Yes, this chariot with wings shall certainly work …
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- By Oona O'Brien
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5 Truly Creepshow Moments in History
We tend to remember the Hollywood version of historical events, but things in real life usually aren't so pretty.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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4 Ways US Highways Were Designed To Screw Over Black Americans
No, it's not a joke. Highways are racist, which is exactly what their designers wanted.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Great Emu War: Australia's Most Embarrassing Defeat
The time Australia faced a new, unforeseen enemy ... the dreaded emu.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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To Understand America's Future, We Need To Look Back At Watergate
Watergate taught us crimes don't really count, as long as they're committed against people you don't like.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Big Inventions ... That Were Total Accidents
Our happy accidents don't change the world. These did.
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- By Mac Faber
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Robert Liston, The Surgeon Who Killed Three People in One Operation
Here’s a look at what can go wrong when your surgeon is essentially a human Slap Chop for humans.
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- By Mac Faber
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4 Ways Marijuana Took The World By Storm
Cannabis may be humanity's oldest agricultural crop, but the getting high part of cannabis took a bit longer to figure out ...
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- By Philip Yiannopoulos
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The Bonkers Life And Death Of History's Dumbest Outlaw Cowboy
This is the story of Elmer McCurdy and the outlaw corpse that wouldn't die ...
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- By Mac Faber
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18 Medieval Myths You Believe Because Of Movies
Sometimes the images you see on movie screens don't match reality.
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- By Laura Caseley
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5 Surprisingly Dark Backstories To Everyday Things
Sometimes the origins of things are just a big ol' crap pile.
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- By Tom Koff
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5 Crazy Ways Cold Cases Were Solved
Every once in a while, reality does a sick kick-flip and gives us a crime story worthy of a cartoon.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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