Cracked Archive - History
4 Cases of Censorship That Totally Changed the Message
Censorship commits a greater sin than 'threatening freedom' or 'oppressing thought': It completely alters the story's message.
- By Jason Iannone
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- March 22, 2014
29 Iconic Images from History (Shamelessly Turned into Ads)
The floodgates are likely about to open, and all of the past will be fair game.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- March 21, 2014
21 Last Texts Recovered From Famous Moments in History
History is cool and all (we guess), but you know what's missing from it? Cell phones.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- March 16, 2014
5 Ridiculous Alternate Versions of Prehistoric Animals
Sometimes the experts get things wrong, giving us a view of the past that more closely resembles the fever dreams of a Muppet designer than actual animals.
- By Teddem Yee
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- March 08, 2014
5 Badass People Who Stood Up to Infamous Dictators
These folks stared right into the eyes of heavily armed evil and slowly, purposefully, without ever breaking eye contact, raised both middle fingers.
- By Pat Carnell, Eric Yosomono
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- March 07, 2014
5 Near Deaths That Would Have Changed the Face of History
How many history-making men have we almost lost to fatal pissing contests? A frightening amount, it turns out.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Matthew Moffitt
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- March 05, 2014
21 Beloved Famous People Everyone Forgets Did Awful Things
Our readers went all TMZ on famous and historical pop culture icons.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- March 05, 2014
5 Ridiculously Badass Protests Against Oppressive Regimes
When these people fought back against their respective regimes, they did it with style.
- By Pat Carnell, A.C. Grimes
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- February 28, 2014
5 Disturbing Old-Timey Ads Obviously Created by Aliens
It's almost like there were whole advertising offices infiltrated by aliens pretending to be humans and these ads are what they threw up at the end of the day.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- February 26, 2014
The 5 Most Blatantly Corrupt Lawyers in History
When lawyers go bad, holy crap do they make the most of it
- By Rob Nietupski
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- February 25, 2014
The 11 Most Badass Presidential Facts
It turns out all our presidents may have actually been Terminators.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- February 22, 2014
5 Insanely Blatant Acts of Plagiarism by Famous People
Ideas are hard, you guys. (At least when you insist on actually coming up with your own.)
- By A.C. Grimes
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- February 18, 2014
3 Supervillain-Worthy Origin Stories of Famous Presidents
Having spent the better part of a decade reading, talking, and writing about presidents, I've come to a conclusion: They are terrifying.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- February 17, 2014
5 Cultures Whose Calendars Would Break Your Concept of Time
Let's sit back and appreciate the fact that we don't have to experience the utter chaos that are these calendars.
- By Teddem Yee
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- February 15, 2014
5 Attempts at Espionage That Seem Too Dumb to Be Real
All too often, agents are subject to the same human failings as the rest of us, except in their case, the blunders result in international incidents more embarrassing than your high school yearbook.
- By Alex Hanton, Evan V. Symon
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- February 13, 2014
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