Cracked Archive - History
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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36 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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5 Political Insults With WTF Origins You Never Saw Coming
Some political insults have straightforward origins. These don't.
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- By E.M. Caris
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5 Famous Love Stories From History That Were Weird As Hell
Get ready for communist affairs, a lot of French people, and some seriously goth boning.
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- By Sarah Philip, Christian Markle
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5 Fast Food Gimmicks That Went Horribly Wrong
Well, that didn't go right.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Weird Lifehacks From History (That Actually Worked)
Our ancestors had their own hilarious life hacks.
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- By Alex Hanton, Ryan Menezes, Christian Markle, Jack R. Loun
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5 Bonkers Supervillain Plans Real Governments Actually Tried
Crazy like a fox.
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- By Alex Hanton
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6 Real-Life Villains Who'd Be Too Crazy For Comic Books
These guys make the Joker look like a well-adjusted citizen.
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- By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Tee Ngin Rui
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5 Writers Who Showed Crazy Courage Chasing A Story
How far would YOU go to get the scoop?
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- By Adam Wears
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5 World-Famous Tourist Landmarks (With Messed-Up Histories)
Tour guides don't tell you all the gruesome stuff that goes down at famous locations.
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- By E.M. Caris
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5 Historical Treasures That Are Accidental Comedy Gold
Our ancestors were just as dumb as us.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Historical Tragedies That Were Way Worse Than You Thought
Even when the world is ending, things can still take a turn for the worse.
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- By Alex Hanton, Ivan Farkas, Ryan Menezes, Michael Battaglino, W.H. Thomas
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6 Harmless Things With Insanely Disturbing Origin Stories
First someone gets hurt, THEN it's all fun and games.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Julia Lange, Tolly Vellis
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5 Historical Mysteries That Had Painfully Dumb Explanations
Not everything hard to solve is worth the effort.
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- By Alex Hanton, Christian Markle
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