Cracked Archive - History
6 Iconic Pieces of Military Tech (That Secretly Sucked)
If you take a closer look at some of the machines we've been fervently drawing on our Trapper Keepers during study hall, you might find them hiding a ludicrous Achilles heel.
- By M. Peter Storino
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- August 29, 2015
20 Famous Photos Improved With Nudity
Nudity is a wonderful thing, there's no denying that. It's just that there really is a time and a place for it.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 28, 2015
7 Artists Whose Work Will Give You Nightmares
These creators gazed deep into the abyss, and the abyss blinked.
- By Brendan McGinley
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- August 22, 2015
5 Ancient Gods Whose Genitals Should Have Their Own Movie
Their genitals aren't like ours. Theirs are special. Theirs are magic.
- By Luis Prada
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- August 17, 2015
The 5 Most Important Things Ever Done While Black Out Drunk
Many historic events were such drunken shitshows that it's hard to imagine what modern civilization would even look like if not for the intervention of booze.
- By Pat Carnell
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- August 17, 2015
6 Iconic Monuments That Almost Looked Completely Insane
Most monuments are actually pretty crazy. But those ones are tiddlywinks compared to these tributes we almost had.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- August 11, 2015
6 Insane Realities Of Life In A Modern Dictatorship
Belarus is frequently called 'Europe's last dictatorship.' We sat down with a man from there, and this is what we learned
- By Robert Evans, Anonymous
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- August 09, 2015
21 Tiny Mistakes That Changed History
Sometimes the smallest misstep can have huge ramifications.
- By AM Smiley
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- August 08, 2015
5 Insane True Stories That Change How You Picture WWII
The best evidence of how batshit things got is that so many of the weirder stories just became footnotes in your history book.
- By Zachary Frey
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- August 06, 2015
14 Jokes You Didn't Know Movies & TV Stole From History
Those planks of the wood in the past were too busy dying or running from dinosaurs to have a sense of humor of things. Right?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 03, 2015
6 Historical Myths You've Lapped Up As Fact
From the most pivotal moments of massive wars to fun little factoids about historical figures, a little digging reveals that nothing played out exactly the way your history books claim.
- By Nathan Williams, Glenn Clayburn
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- July 30, 2015
Hitler's Super Jet: 6 Lost Historical Secrets We've Dug Up
Hey, scientists, cut it out.
- By Adam Wears
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- July 29, 2015
4 Sexual Preferences That Only Recently Became Taboo
We often imagine our elders as being more prudish than we are today. But, well, you can see where this is going ...
- By C. Coville
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- July 28, 2015
If Historical Movies Were Accurate
History is interesting in its own right, but a lot of the more disturbing aspects of everyday life just aren't that marketable.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 24, 2015
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