Cracked Archive - History
5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove Modern Men Are Sexist
It turns out that archaeology has proven a whole bunch of our assumptions to be wrong, which, in addition to tricking Nazis into melting their own faces off, is exactly what archaeologists are supposed to do.
- By Will Lennon, Kristance Harlow
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- March 05, 2015
4 Ways America Screws the World (Nobody Talks About)
When the United States comes to town, bad shit comes with us.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- February 26, 2015
5 Uprisings Cut from U.S. History for Being Too Successful
Overthrowing a government takes an enormous amount of planning, strategy, and resources. Or, you know, just a gigantic set of balls.
- By Zachary Frey
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- February 18, 2015
22 Facts That Shatter Your Image of American Presidents
We've talked before about how badass presidents are. Now it's time to wonder about how these idiots got to lead our country.
- By AM Smiley
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- February 14, 2015
5 Famous People With Crazy Second Lives Nobody Knows About
It turns out great historical figures' lives have more random side quests than your average RPG.
- By Cedric Voets
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- February 09, 2015
4 Things Now Considered Manly (Were Created for Ladies Only)
A handful of things have managed to go from pink to blue in our culture, and here are four of them.
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- February 04, 2015
6 Vintage Ads Companies Would Never Get Away With Today
Back in the olden days, advertisers made the bold move of using the saddest pictures possible to depress viewers into buying their products out of pity.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- February 02, 2015
The 5 Most Incredible Pranks Pulled With Major Landmarks
These stunts range from merely dickish to grossly illegal, and each is still admirable in its own way.
- By Natso Baatarkhuu, Justin Crockett, Ivan Farkas
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- January 31, 2015
The 5 Most Insane Things Anyone Ever Did for Love
Getting married isn't always easy.
- By C. Coville
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- January 29, 2015
6 Tiny Mistakes That Shaped Huge Parts of Modern History
The shaping of history is a lot less Illuminati and a lot more the 3 Stooges.
- By Alexander Pan
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- January 28, 2015
5 Insane Things You Don't Know About Letters of the Alphabet
The alphabet's been playing you for a sap.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- January 25, 2015
5 Historical Figures More Terrifying Than Any Horror Villain
Jason Vorhees would run away screaming at the sight of any of these real-life monsters.
- By Janel Comeau
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- January 25, 2015
Epic Feats of Partying by Famous People
It's no secret that the rich and famous party their nuts off. But there's 'party your nuts off' and then there's 'party your nuts off, pick them up, then do some rad tricks with them.'
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- January 19, 2015
5 Famous Historical Figures You Didn't Know Were Perverts
We get so tied up in slut-shaming contemporary celebrities that it's easy to forget how some of history's greatest minds spent most their energy having the nastiest sex they could get their hands on.
- By Luke John Smith
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- January 11, 2015
How the World Would Look Without Guns
Guns, for all the harm they can cause, are more ingrained in our society than we probably realize.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- January 11, 2015
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