Cracked Archive - History

6 Insane Space Stories You Didn't Learn In History Class

Authors: By Chris Radomile
Published: June 26, 2015
Comments: 322

5 Modern Controversies That Have Been Around Forever

If you owned a time machine and took a tour of the past, you'd see the same shit coming up over and over again.

Authors: By Kasper Kauhanen
Published: June 18, 2015
Comments: 462

6 Bizarre Armies You Won't Believe Won Real Victories

War ... war never changes. Oh wait, yes it does.

Authors: By Dimitra Nikolaou
Published: June 16, 2015
Comments: 309

The 6 Most Embarrassing Historical Artifacts Ever Discovered

WARNING: This articles contains centuries-old mummy wiener and sex toys.

Authors: By Marina Reimann
Published: June 05, 2015
Comments: 470

5 Ridiculous Cold War Myths You Probably Believe

The Cold War was a 40-year pissing contest in which the entire world's population kept a constant eye on the news, with a never-ending fear that one side or the other would whap their big, red Armageddon button first.

Authors: By Nathan Williams
Published: May 13, 2015
Comments: 710

5 Horrifying Realities Of Daily Life Edited Out Of History

You can actually make yourself feel a whole lot better about your life today merely by reminding yourself of a few key things about the past.

Authors: By Chris Fox
Published: May 05, 2015
Comments: 698

5 Insane Theories That Change How You See Great Works Of Art

We want to emphasize the word 'theories' here -- none of these have been proven, and probably never will be.

Authors: By Nathan Williams
Published: April 29, 2015
Comments: 711

6 Incredible Ancient Wonders (Destroyed By Idiots)

When future archaeologists look back at our era thousands of years from now, they'll reach two major conclusions: 1) our subway system was very inefficient and bizarrely sandwich-centric, and 2) we were morons.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: April 10, 2015
Comments: 906

5 Real Supervillain Attacks on America That History Forgot

Prior to 9/11, we could scarcely believe such a thing was even possible. But that's only because our memories totally suck.

Authors: By Zachary Frey
Published: March 17, 2015
Comments: 613

5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove Modern Men Are Sexist

It turns out that archaeology has proven a whole bunch of our assumptions to be wrong, which, in addition to tricking Nazis into melting their own faces off, is exactly what archaeologists are supposed to do.