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5 Forgotten Revolutions That Created The Modern World
We may never have had 'Darling Nikki' if it hadn't been for some world-changing movements everyone promptly forgot about.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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594 6 Impossible Escapes Using Impossibler Methods
As we never get tired of pointing out, when you combine desperation, perseverance, ingenuity and giant balls, wonderful things happen. This is proven by these tales of men who found themselves in hostile territory with no chance of escape ... and just fucking escaped anyway
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- By Tony Pilgram, Cornelius Appin, Drew Miller
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The 6 Most WTF Moments From Shakespeare Plays
Apparently, Billy Shakes was one of the most insane, violent, out of left-field wackos who ever picked up a pen.
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- By Craig Thomas
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6 Civil War Myths Everyone Believes That Are Total B.S.
We might be going out on a limb here, but we're guessing that most of our readers aren't hardcore Civil War historians. And since VH-1 discontinued their series before they got around to the 1860s, a lot of us are walking around with Civil War misinformation firmly wired in our brains.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Insane Stories of a Magician Who Helped Win WWII
How's this for a disclaimer: Much of what follows might be complete bullshit.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Dustin Koski
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If Classic Fables Actually Told the Truth [COMIC]
A stupid asshole is a poor choice to mind ones livestock.
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- By Winston Rowntree
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6 Famous Figures You Only Know By Their Insulting Nicknames
If you went to elementary school, odds are at some point you wound up with a nickname you hated. Well, you aren't the only one ...
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- By Peter Hildebrand
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6 Mistranslations That Changed The World
In a rapidly shrinking world, it's becoming more and more important to have translations that are both lightning-fast and actually understandable. Of course, nobody told that to these people.
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- By Rohan Ramakrishnan
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5 Important People Who Were Screwed Out of History Books
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- By Eric Yosomono
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6 Insane Uses of Animals in Wartime (That Actually Worked)
Animals have been used in warfare for centuries. Sometimes it makes perfect sense -- horses have pulled chariots, and mules have carried equipment. Other times, well, things just get a little weird.
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- By Drew Miller
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The 6 Most Childish Things Ever Done in Congress
Sometimes shit gets truly ridiculous in Congress.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Zach Priestly
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18 Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
We've worked long and hard here at Cracked to make it clear that the past was badass. All you have to do is sift through old-timey photos, and you quickly realize that people back then possessed neither sanity nor a sense of self-preservation.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Most Epic Escapes Across Hostile Territory
If you aren't currently living in a country occupied by a hostile army, you can't really imagine what it's like knowing that trying to leave home means getting your head blown off. But when people want out badly enough, they find a way. And those ways are absolutely amazing.
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- By Tony Pilgram, Cornelius Appin
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The 7 Most Unexpectedly Awesome Parties in History
We have it better than our ancestors in every way but one: How raging our parties are.
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- By Robert Evans, Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Strangest Ways Anyone Was Ever Mistaken for a God
History has shown that through no fault of your own, you can be revered as some religion's immortal deity. All you need is to be in the right place at the right time.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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