Cracked Archive - History
The 6 Most Embarrassing War Stories of All Time
Here are a few instances of people stepping onstage in the military theater and splitting their pants in front of everyone.
- By Richy Craven, Xavier Jackson, Dustin Koski
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- December 21, 2012
15 Unexpected Origins of Famous Ideas
We asked our readers to show us the gritty origins of some of our most famous inventions.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 19, 2012
6 Mind-Blowing Archeological Discoveries Destroyed by Idiocy
Here are some of the worst reasons that priceless artifacts have ever been destroyed.
- By C. Coville
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- December 18, 2012
The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Military Operations Ever Kept Secret
You say the five craziest stories we've ever heard -- stories about shadow governments, sci-fi ice fortresses and nuclear obliteration -- are all from the Cold War? OK, we're listening ... for now.
- By Curren Mcdowell
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- December 10, 2012
18 Unexpected (and Real) Quotes by Famous Figures
We asked our readers to go back through the annals of time (i.e. a Google search minus 'boobs') to prove that, indeed, truth is stranger than fiction.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 10, 2012
6 People Whose Names Took on Regrettable Meanings
Imagine having your name turned into a common word that will still be in use hundreds of years after your death. Cool, huh? Yeah, no -- not really.
- By Eric Yosomono, Josh Hrala
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- December 06, 2012
13 Emails That Shed New Light on Famous Scandals
With CIA operatives now getting busted via their gmail accounts, we started wondering why people haven't been poking around in inboxes all along.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 05, 2012
If Autocorrect Existed Throughout History
People love showing off all the ways that autocorrect has turned their innocent conversations into filth ridden tirades about sex with family members. We asked you to imagine a world where autocorrect has been butting in on communications throughout history.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- November 26, 2012
6 Retro Ads With Accidental Sexual Innuendos
From what we can tell, 20th century admen were either hopelessly naive or diabolically perverted. Either way, we can laugh at the fruits of their labor.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- November 21, 2012
5 Artifacts That Will Shatter Your Image of the Middle Ages
- By Kristi Harrison
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- November 14, 2012
4 Reasons to Forgive Yourself for Being a Bad Speller
It turns out that, indeed, the English language is seriously fucked up.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- November 13, 2012
The Perfect Zingers For 15 Important Historical Moments
When time travel is invented, we're going to learn a lot about ourselves as a species. We'd imagine there will be those people who try to go back and right history's wrongs, but an underestimated subset will be the folks who use it to add the perfect zinger to those moments.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- November 05, 2012
The 4 Most Impressively Weird Sex Lives of U.S. Presidents
Look, I'm not talking about regularly having sex outside. I'm talking about the weird stuff. The REALLY weird stuff.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- November 02, 2012
5 Modern Horror Scenes Ripped Out of History Books
It turns out that many iconic horror movie moments that you thought came out of the imaginations of Hollywood writers can also be found in the pages of history, hundreds or even thousands of years before it made sense for anyone to come up with them.
- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
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- October 29, 2012
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