Cracked Archive - History

It's not unprecedented to put a dead person on trial, but it's pretty rare that the dead person actually appears in court.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 26, 2020

Sometimes, it seems like war is all one big joke.

• By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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• December 26, 2020

Back then, food and drug regulation consisted of little more than, 'But did you die?'

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 24, 2020

Beef bowl with cheese, hold the dignity

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• December 23, 2020

Real magical spells from history were truly recipes for disaster.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• December 21, 2020

If you lived here you'd be dead already.

• By Cedric Voets
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• December 21, 2020

Old life hacks worked, even if they weren't always what you'd call 'a good idea.'

• By Ryan Menezes
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• December 21, 2020

It was more like trick-or-treating for Jesus.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 19, 2020

Even a burning building can be a fashion catwalk.

• By Cedric Voets
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• December 18, 2020

We've been here before ...

• By Mark Hill
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• December 17, 2020

It's not like it'd be the weirdest thing in there.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 16, 2020

Samurai thought pratice would be so much better if they could shoot at moving targets. And that's how we got inuoumono.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• December 15, 2020

Plums have weaseled their way into a completely undeserved festive reputation, and it’s time to call those suckers out.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 13, 2020

It was decided that wishing others a 'Happy Christmas' was more Christ-like or at least less thirst-like.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 12, 2020

It dates back to a time when people were reeeeally close to figuring out what causes disease.

• By Amanda Mannen
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• December 12, 2020