Cracked Archive - History
6 Insanely Advanced Technologies Found in Ancient Ruins
Some ancient technologies have turned out to be at least as good as, if not better than, the stuff our fancy-pants scientists today have developed.
- By David Jones
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- November 18, 2014
5 Real Robberies With Better Twists Than Any Heist Movie
In real life thieves don't need helicopters or EMP devices to pull off crimes bigger than anything you've seen on the silver screen. You just need a ridiculous plan and the balls to carry it out.
- By Chris Rio
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- November 14, 2014
5 Things from History You Won't Believe You Can Experience
With each passing day we become less and less hopeful that anybody is going to invent time travel. Fortunately, there's ways around that.
- By John Mulroy, Evan V. Symon , Justin Crockett, XJ Selman, Ivan Farkas
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- November 12, 2014
Why Everything You Believe About the '90s Is Wrong
If you were actually born in the '90s, you don't really remember the '90s. And that's why you're wrong about the decade.
- By John Devore
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- November 07, 2014
5 Iconic Groups From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
Historical truth is a complicated and nuanced thing, so while there might be elements of truth to the popular story you know, it's rarely the complete truth.
- By Luke John Smith, J. Wisniewski, John Martin, Jason Webb
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- November 06, 2014
4 Deadly Weapons Clearly Designed by a Cartoon Character
Sometimes, when weapons designers watch a few too many cartoons, we wind up with stuff like these things.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- November 01, 2014
6 Archaeological Discoveries Scarier Than Any Horror Movie
Some things were probably buried for a reason...
- By Adam Wears, Ivan Farkas
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- October 26, 2014
5 Real-Life Horror Movies Deleted from Your History Books
Human history can -- and constantly does -- produce stories that are far more creepy and gruesome than any horror-movie hellbeast or latex-mask-sporting serial killer could ever aspire to be.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- October 23, 2014
5 Mysteries of Ancient Religions (Easily Explained)
The little ploys that modern faith healers and shady preachers use to fleece the masses have been around for thousands of years, and if anything, they've only gotten less inspired over time.
- By Luke John Smith
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- October 16, 2014
The 5 Goofiest Pranks Ever Pulled (In The Middle of Wars)
What, you didn't know that pulling off hilariously childish shenanigans was an integral part of military service?
- By Xavier Jackson
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- October 12, 2014
5 Horrifying Attacks on America Your History Books Left Out
If this stuff happened today, there'd be a war. But due to extenuating circumstances at the time, they barely dented history.
- By Zachary Frey
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- October 01, 2014
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.
- 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.
- By Orrin R. K., Nyameye Dwomo-Anokye
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- September 21, 2014
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