Cracked Archive - History

Cracked Archive - Whether it s a crack on American history or world history, Cracked s funny writers know just how to point out the absurd and comical in all the historical stories we ve heard for ages. Check out funny articles and stories on history at Cracked.com.

6 Freak Natural Disasters That Were The Stuff Of Nightmares

In an incident taken straight from a Stephen King novel, a lake murdered 1,746 people overnight.

Authors: By Justin Crockett
Published: August 22, 2017
Comments: 114

6 Iconic Moments In History You Never Knew Were Utter Messes

The most dangerous place in 2007 wasn't in Iraq; it was an Apple conference room.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: August 20, 2017
Comments: 175

5 Famous Corpses That Ended Up In Totally Random Places

It turns out some historical figures continued to have amazing adventures long after they ceased living -- or parts of them had amazing adventures, at least.

Authors: By Cedric Voets
Published: August 15, 2017
Comments: 112

5 Hilariously Ballsy Cons Pulled Off By Historical Figures

The United States congress has actually banned people from space -- and it's all thanks to moon stamps.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: August 08, 2017
Comments: 117

5 Horrifying Murderers (You Never Knew Got Away With It)

We live in the crapsack regular universe where some of history's greatest monsters have completely gotten away with it.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: August 07, 2017
Comments: 201

5 Badass Characters You're Picturing Totally Incorrectly

Pop culture provides us with a convenient shorthand to understand history, but most of the time pop culture is super duper drunk.

Authors: By Kathy Benjamin
Published: August 04, 2017
Comments: 358

5 Things That Were So Effective They Had To Be Banned

As if the dudes from 'MythBusters' weren't already awesome, their origin story lends them even more street cred.

Authors: By Dennis Fulton
Published: August 02, 2017
Comments: 265

5 Fashion Trends That Began With WAY Different Intentions

Sometimes a clothing trend develops outside of the fashion world and catches on with the last people you'd think.

Authors: By James Kinneen
Published: July 25, 2017
Comments: 141

6 Catastrophes With Horrifying Aftermaths History Left Out

After Lincoln died, he was given a dignified burial. Just kidding, his decomposing carcass was paraded from city to city before finally being put in the ground.

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: July 24, 2017
Comments: 338

7 WTF Times People Got Screwed Out Of Million-Dollar Ideas

Authors: By Justin Crockett
Published: July 23, 2017
Comments: 205

6 Everyday Places That Hide Dark Historical Secrets

When we forget history, we end up with ice cream shops and schools built on the paved over remains of evil deeds.

Authors: By Isaac Cabe
Published: July 18, 2017
Comments: 175

5 Weapons Of Carnage And Destruction (That Looked Silly AF)

Nothing drives human creativity more than a dire need for new ways to kill each other.

Authors: By Cedric Voets
Published: July 02, 2017
Comments: 90

4 Vital Pieces Of Pop Culture We Lost Forever

There are countless important cultural milestones that have been lost to the annals of history for very stupid reasons.

Authors: By Henrik Magnusson
Published: June 14, 2017
Comments: 149

5 Famous Historical Bad Guys (And Their Side Of The Story)

The following origin stories may not be as well-documented as Krypton exploding, but they all actually happened in reality.

Authors: By Martin Kivell, Stephan Roget
Published: June 09, 2017
Comments: 450

4 Big Events With Weird Dark Sides (That Nobody Talks About)

Pop culture history can be a little light on the 'history' part -- and if you revisit the 'official' versions of a few of these cultural milestones, you might find a few very big parts of the story missing.