Cracked Archive - History

You can brand them traitors, you can curse their names, you can execute them, but you can't say they didn't have balls.

• By Zachary Frey
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• January 24, 2017

If it's true that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it, then for the love of God, please pay very close attention.

• By Jacopo della Quercia
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• January 20, 2017

This will change how you think of America forever. Or, you know, at least for a little while.

• By Alyssa Feller
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• January 11, 2017

Most history books have been written by men, and wouldn't you know it? Those darn, sneaky ladies are nowhere to be found.

• By Tiago Svn, Justin Crockett, CJ Rigdon, Luke Miller
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• January 05, 2017

Turns out quitting the drink was a very stinky affair back in the day.

• By Carlos Yu
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• January 03, 2017

Every once in a while, huge crowds of ordinary people came together in epic demonstrations of collective mayhem, and suffered no consequences whatsoever for it.

• By Joe Hayes
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• January 03, 2017

Even humanity's biggest disasters have life-affirming moments hidden within, courtesy of regular people stepping up to help others.

• By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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• December 22, 2016

Here's a not often told story of bravery and perseverance.

• By 3C Robles-Jackson
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• December 11, 2016

The sheer awfulness of Nazism tainted everything they did. Even the fun things.

• By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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• December 08, 2016

Those people in your history books were busy doing things for you to read about in history books. They weren't subject to dumb fads. Theirs were ridiculous.

• By Cracked Writers
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• December 06, 2016

If you would have told our ancestors that one day we'd be using plastic cards and paper bills to acquire our daily needs, they probably would have said, 'Why? Is violence obsolete in the future? Also, what is plastic?'

• By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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• December 06, 2016

Did you know your favorite party snack was invented by a racist utopian cult?

• By Carolyn Burke
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• December 05, 2016

I'm here to try and defend my beloved country against accusations that we're nothing more than a nation of evil, mustache-twirling, power-obsessed psychopaths in well-tailored suits.

• By Adam Wears
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• December 02, 2016

Just A Man Standing In Front Of A Woman...

• By Soren Bowie
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• November 09, 2016

People have always been dumb.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• November 07, 2016