Cracked Archive - History
5 Realities of Medieval Warfare Hollywood Refuses to Learn
The Knights of the Round Table weren't exactly the upstanding gentlemen movies keep making them.
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- By Eirik Gumeny
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41 Gong Farmers Had The Crappiest Job Of The Middle Ages
In a time before flushing toilets, someone had to get rid of human waste. Gong farmers stepped up to the task.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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4 Odd Realities Of Food In The Middle Ages
Shockingly, the theme restaurant industry has lied to you.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Bizarre Tales From The History Of Cannabis
Featuring hemp Nazis, magic spells, and very stoned monkeys
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- By Dana Larsen
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A Dog Went On Trial, For Catslaughter
He was accused of 14 counts of (cat) murder.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Black Business Pioneers Who Defied the Odds
Teach the American history buff in your life something new.
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- By Lily Landau
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When Clear Channel Silenced The (Dixie) Chicks
In the amount of time it takes to melt a compact disc on a bonfire, the (Dixie) Chicks' career imploded.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Superman Beat Joseph Goebbels When It Came To Propaganda
He was also pretty good at punching.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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When Ping-Pong Helped Improve U.S./China Relations
In 1971, a group of unexpected American diplomats traveled to China and helped create diplomacy between the two countries.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Tell Us Now: 12 Things We Wished We Learned In History Class
Here are 12 important or interesting facts from history that our curriculum didn't cover…
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- By Shea, Cracked Readers
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A Wild West Town Staged Fights And Crimes -- Without Telling Tourists
Residents of Palisade, Nevada ran an elaborate hoax involving fake shootouts and bank robberies.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Pornaganda: A Tool Used By Every Army
Make love AND war.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Ernest Hemingway's (Less Famous) Brother Created His Own Country
Leicester Hemingway may not be as well-known as his brother, but he tried to make his claim in history by founding an island nation.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The London Beer Flood: The Alcoholic 'Act Of God'
In 1814, a vat of beer burst open in a London brewery, and the results were deadly.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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5 Screwed-Up Operations America Pulled Overseas
The US has done some pretty awful stuff.
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- By Michael Dawson
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