Cracked Archive - History
The 5 Most Insane Elections In US History (Before This One)
The 2016 election isn't even close to the dumbest, craziest, most spectacularly corrupt election America has dealt with.
- By Zachary Frey
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- August 12, 2016
5 Nightmarish Ways People In History Solved Common Problems
As history has shown us, the greatest ideas have been formulated by maniacal geniuses. And terrible ideas, well, they just come from maniacs.
- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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- August 10, 2016
23 Places The World Changed Shockingly Fast [Before & After]
Time is a jerk and we have the pictures to prove it.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 10, 2016
6 Amazing Easter Eggs Lurking In Places You'd Never Suspect
If you've wondered if there are any video game-esque Easter eggs in real life, the answer, of course, is yes.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- August 09, 2016
7 Heroes Of History's Darkest Nightmares Who Deserve Movies
Still believe the world doesn't have any heroes? Then turn off those 24-hour news channels.
- By Jason Iannone
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- August 05, 2016
6 Deaths From History You Will Go To Hell For Laughing At
For the truly unlucky among us, our jackass deaths will be cataloged by incredulous historians for all eternity.
- By Adam Wears
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- August 03, 2016
The 5 Most Ridiculously Misunderstood Historical Legacies
Be careful what kind of legacy you leave, or you'll be remembered forever for something you totally despise.
- By Wes Corwin, Cornelius Heyer, Quinn Knobbe
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- August 02, 2016
These Unsolved Murders Will Make You Scared Of The Dark
Warning: You'll probably be up all night trying to figure out the terrifying truth behind these mysterious crimes.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- July 24, 2016
18 Seemingly Minor Changes That Would've Fixed Everything
Someone build a time machine already.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 17, 2016
Outrageous Stories You Should Care About: Summarized
Who says you can't condense convoluted scandals into one sentence?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 15, 2016
6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries (Are Shockingly Easy To Solve)
According to the denizens of /r/conspiracy and your wacky aunt on Facebook, there are terrifying mysteries unfolding all around us, all the time. These people clearly don't use Google.
- By Nathan Williams
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- July 14, 2016
24 Sick Burns That You Can Feel All The Way Across History
It's time to learn from the masters.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 11, 2016
Why Modern America Scares Me: By An Internment Camp Survivor
Kiyo Sato was an 18-year-old Japanese-American living in Sacramento when WWII broke out and the government decided she and her family couldn't be trusted.
- By Robert Evans
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- July 08, 2016
The Creepiest Serial Killers (Who Still Remain At Large)
We love our serial killers in one of two flavors -- dead, or in prison. But not the third flavor: the ones who do their thing for years, or even decades, without ever getting caught.
- By Janel Comeau
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- July 06, 2016
Iconic People Who Had Shockingly Horrifying Childhoods
Sometimes genius comes as a result of depressing, horrifying childhood trauma.
- By J.C Breen
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- July 05, 2016
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