Cracked Archive - History
15 Works of Art We’ve All Read Too Much Into
Okay move along, nothing to see here
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- By Mike Rampton
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3 5 Devious Tricks Armies Used to Look Bigger
SEAL Team Six? More like SEAL Team fibs
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Real-Life Robin Hoods Who Singlehandedly Redistributed Wealth
I swear, no sympathy for a man who had his solid gold statues stolen!
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- By Eli Yudin
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15 Hard-Living Centenarians That Suggest Drinking and Smoking Might Be Incredibly Good for You
I forget, does correlation imply causation?
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- By Mike Rampton
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6 Secrets We Once Knew But Are Now Lost to History
Something terrible happened in 1458, but no one wrote it down
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 People From History Who Loved Their Pets a Little Too Much
Would you rather go to your father’s funeral, or the funeral for your bird?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Innovators Who Went Back for Seconds and Immediately Regretted It
The third time might be the charm, but the second time is a nightmare
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- By Eli Yudin
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15 Dogs Immortalized in Statue Form — An Honor That Will Never Be Bestowed Upon You
What good are you? You can't even lick your own junk.
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- By Mike Rampton
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30 Times Facts About Famous People from the Past Made Us Question Everything
Et tu, Brute?
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- By Eric B, Cracked Writers
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30 Bonkers Historical Facts Your Social Studies Teacher Neglected to Mention
War is hellarious
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- By Jesse, Cracked Writers
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34 Historical Comparisons As Twisty As a ‘Doctor Who’ Episode
Oh no, my brain hurts
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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30 Historical Trivia Tidbits That Cooked Our Noodles
Turns out modernity doesn’t have a monopoly on weirdos, cranks and maniacs
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- By Eric B, Cracked Writers
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5 Old-Timey Medicines That Weren’t Complete Horse-Pucky
Rub some garlic on it!
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- By Eli Yudin
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History’s Four Most Disastrous Typos
Sacrilege is sometimes nothing more than a missing word
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- By Amanda Mannen
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15 Families That Would Win Gold at the Inbreeding Olympics
A collection of some of the purest blood in the history of humankind
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- By Mike Rampton
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