Cracked Archive - History

7 Medically Proven Treatments That Clearly Started as a Joke

It's often downright baffling that a) people came up with these ideas and b) that it totally freaking worked.

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By John Dubensky, Lillian Marx, JM McNab, Jordan Rudow
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September 30, 2014

5 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Free Speech

Here for the oppressed and oppressors that make up Cracked's audience, are five of the most important things about free speech that we always forget.

By Chris Bucholz
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September 23, 2014

5 Epic Disasters at Sea (Survived by Un-killable Badasses)

History is full of shipwreck survivors so bizarrely unkillable that they seemed to go out of their way to mock Death itself, right to his stupid, bony face.

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By Orrin R. K., Nyameye Dwomo-Anokye
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September 21, 2014

6 Historic Events You Didn't Realize Everyone Was Drunk For

If you're ever reading about a historical event and something just doesn't seem to add up, it's because the editors cut the line 'and, of course, they were all wasted.'

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By Pat Carnell
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September 18, 2014

7 Amazing Works of Pop Culture That Have Been Lost Forever

For various (usually stupid) reasons, there are huge holes in our cultural history.

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By Jacopo della Quercia , Chris Berglund, James Amaz
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September 16, 2014

5 Tiny Screw-Ups That Caused Giant Catastrophes

In wacky sitcoms and movies, people get a free pass. In real life, not so much ...

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By A.C. Grimes
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September 15, 2014

5 Ways 19th Century England Makes the Modern World Look Tame

If you believe your teachers, the Georgian era in England was a boring period full of polite country dances. You have been lied to, of course.

By Kathy Benjamin
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September 13, 2014

5 Insane True Stories of Hostages Outsmarting Their Captors

We won't stop until kidnappers everywhere are too worried about their victims making them look like jackasses to ever nap a kid again.

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By Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris, Carolyn Burke, Simone B.
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September 12, 2014

The 5 Coolest Things Ever Said In The History of War

Here's the latest installment in our series 'Holy hell, people actually talk like action heroes in real life?'

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By Jacopo della Quercia , Jorden Weir
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September 10, 2014

11 Old-Timey Photos That Somehow Aren't Photoshopped (Pt. 4)

When taken at face value, pictures from the olden days are either fake as hell or proof that the entire time between the Big Bang and our birth was totally messed up.

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