Cracked Archive - History
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
4 Terrifying Crimes (That We'll Never Solve)
A good murder mystery is pretty much the most enticing thing you can imagine.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- July 22, 2015
6 Things You Learn Preserving America's Past
We sent one of our interviewers to Washington D.C. to speak with a source at a national archive, about saving relics from America's past from ending up next to your Taco Bell receipt in the trash.
- By Anonymous, Evan V. Symon
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- July 20, 2015
30 Hilariously Bizarre Pieces Of Anti-American Propaganda
With anti-American sentiments come the most baffling and hilarious propaganda materials we've ever seen.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 20, 2015
Bicycles Cause Lesbians: The 26 Weirdest Moral Panics Ever
Man, we sure panic over a lot of really dumb stuff.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 18, 2015
21 Acts Of Revenge That Took A Baffling Amount Of Effort
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Or, perhaps, revenge is a dish best served hot, complex, and preferably bloody.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 11, 2015
5 Details That Make Famous Conspiracy Theories Seem Legit
In my version of a perfect world, every conspiracy theory would be true.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- July 09, 2015
24 Famous (And Insane) Historical Figures
It's a thin line between crazy and genius.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 04, 2015
4 Creepy Ways History Was a Never-Ending Horror Show
As much as we like to complain about all the bullshit the world is throwing at us today, our Internet-less, video-game-free ancestors had it way, way worse.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- June 25, 2015
22 Famous Stories That Left Out The Best Details
Sometimes lying to tell an awesome story is really unnecessary.
- By AM Smiley
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- June 20, 2015
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.
- By Kasper Kauhanen
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- June 18, 2015
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