Cracked Archive - History
5 Ordinary Jobs That Used To Be Crazy Dangerous
Back in the day, just about everything was more dangerous than it is now.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Christian Markle, Radha Shaw
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45 7 People Who Were Proven Wrong (As Hard As Humanly Possible)
There's being proven wrong and there's getting thoroughly owned.
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- By Zachary Frey
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The Insane Life of the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth
The man who avenged Abraham Lincoln also cut off his own genitals.
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- By Mark Hill
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4 True Stories That Sound Like Supervillain Plots
The world is full of villainy.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Weird AF Facts History Class Left Out
There's a whole lot of history out there.
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- By Mark Hill
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Archaeologists Find Hardcore Infants Wearing Skull Helmets
Even the most hardcore Scandinavian metal bands wouldn't put something like that on their album covers.
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- By Luis Prada
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5 Priceless Missing Treasures (That Are Waiting To Be Found)
Everyone from Nathan Drake to Benjamin Gates has failed to locate these missing treasures.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Michael Battaglino, Peter I. Santiago, Christian Markle, Luke Nelson
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6 Secret Plots With Twists Nobody Saw Coming
These twists are so ridiculous no screenwriter would ever touch them.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Historical 'Facts' That Are Nothing But Propaganda
We know history books are often wrong. But have you ever wondered why?
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- By E.M. Caris
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5 'Huh?' White House Facts History Class Never Mentioned
The government has always been wild.
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- By Adam Wears
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4 Creepy Tales of Would-Be Victims Dodging Serial Killers
Here's some extraordinarily spooky things that happened to some ordinary people.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Historical Wonders That Are Total Nightmare Fuel
Happy Halloween, everyone!
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Stories From History That Sound Like Secret Zombie Movies
History class tends to gloss over all the zombies.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Creepy Moments From History You Never Learned In School
History is full of horribly depressing moments.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 World-Changing Geniuses (Who Got Robbed Of All The Credit)
Behind every great man is a great mind they ripped off.
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- By Diego C.
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