Cracked Archive - History
Badass Women History Class Totally Failed To Mention
Killer queens.
- By Abraham Mireles
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- February 24, 2020
5 Unknown People Who Shaped History (While Being Lunatics)
There's a fine line between genius and insanity.
- By Ryan Menezes, Nicholas Vrchoticky, Christian Markle
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- February 17, 2020
5 Insane Alternate Paths American Presidents Almost Took
The smallest changes in these men's lives would have changed all of history.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- February 16, 2020
5 Historical Places We've Managed To Totally Trash
Nothing is sacred.
- By Kelly Stone
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- February 15, 2020
5 Sports Scandals That Could Be Crazy AF Movies
Here's some stories so strange you can't NOT pay attention to them.
- By Adam Wears
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- February 10, 2020
Historical Deaths You Can’t Help But Laugh At
The universe has a flair for the dramatic and precisely zero chill.
- By Adam Wears
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- February 03, 2020
8 Ad Campaigns That Aged Like Garbage
A select few ad campaigns aged badly for reasons not even the most cynical pundit could have predicted.
- By Pete Smith, Ryan Menezes, A. N. Ulriksen, K. Haeg
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- January 29, 2020
Hearing The 3,000-Year-Old Mummy Was Disappointing
Didn’t even bother to confirm if the pyramids were made by aliens or good old-fashioned slave labor
- By Luis Prada
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- January 28, 2020
6 Ads That Prove The Fitness Industry Was Always Insane
If you want to understand capitalism, look at the diet and exercise industry.
- By Matt Solomon
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- January 26, 2020
4 Storied American Institutions (With Screwed-Up Origins)
On some level, anything older than nine months has a questionable past. But, also, wow.
- By Jordan Breeding
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- January 25, 2020
5 Of The Most 'Wuh?' Facts History Class Never Covered
These hilarious stories should have been taught in every school.
- By E.M. Caris
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- January 21, 2020
6 Grand Mastermind Coups (That Fell Apart Immediately)
The Illuminati make it look so easy.
- By Alex Hanton
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- January 20, 2020
5 Historical Landmarks (That Are Total Frauds)
Some of the most historical sites in the world are just trying to compete with Disneyland.
- By Alex Hanton
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- January 18, 2020
5 'Old' Things That Are Way Newer Than You Think
Believe it or not, this stuff wasn't always there.
- By Taylor Daine, E. Reid Ross, Mike Bedard, Abraham Mireles, Christian Markle
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- January 14, 2020
5 Ordinary Jobs That Used To Be Crazy Dangerous
Back in the day, just about everything was more dangerous than it is now.
- By Ivan Farkas, Christian Markle, Radha Shaw
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- January 07, 2020
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