Cracked Archive - History
No One Knows Why Romans Had X-Rated Coins
Believe it or not, official Roman currency didn’t bear dicks with wings.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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40 All Hail Josh, America's First (And Only) Emperor
Make America Imperial Again.
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- By Cedric Voets
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In 19th-Century England, Men Sold Their Unhappy Spouses In Wife Auctions
At these locations, an unwanted wife could be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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No One Figured Out Who 'Deep Throat' Was ... Except For Romcom Director Nora Ephron
To be fair, the creative mind behind 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'You’ve Got Mail' is probably not the most trustworthy source of political secrets.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Mummies Got Packed With Mummy Snacks
Looks like mummy’s back on the menu.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Behold, A Strong Contender For The Best Headline Ever Written
Sometimes you just gotta go with what you know.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 FBI Screw-Ups (They'd Really Like Everybody To Forget)
Like the wearers of those T-shirts from the boardwalk, the FBI experience spectacular failures.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Of The Weirdest Ways Toilets Shaped History
Everybody poops, and everybody needs to know these stories.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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Meet The Guys Who Made America's LSD ... In An Ol' Missile Silo
Sometimes you just gotta make an absolutely comical amount of acid in a missile silo, y'know?
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Awkward Footnotes Hidden In History's Biggest Moments
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- By Nathan Williams
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'Coffee Shop Liberals' Goes Back to the 17th Century
Basically, they were trying to brand coffee drinkers as that era’s soy boys.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Immortality Potions Killed So Many Chinese Emperors
In a row...
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Trentonian, The Newspaper With The Most WTF Headlines In America
For years, New Jersey has been home to America's classiest newspaper.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Unsung War Heroes Who Deserve Their Own Movies
Some war heroes never get their moment in the spotlight. Let's change that, eh?
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- By Adam Wears
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An English Town is Known as 'Monkey Hangers' Because of the Stupidest War Legend
How on Earth is such a nickname earned? Some kind of unfortunate zoo shenanigans?
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