Cracked Archive - History
5 Mysteries of Ancient Religions (Easily Explained)
The little ploys that modern faith healers and shady preachers use to fleece the masses have been around for thousands of years, and if anything, they've only gotten less inspired over time.
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- By Luke John Smith
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628 The 5 Goofiest Pranks Ever Pulled (In The Middle of Wars)
What, you didn't know that pulling off hilariously childish shenanigans was an integral part of military service?
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- By Xavier Jackson
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- 304
5 Horrifying Attacks on America Your History Books Left Out
If this stuff happened today, there'd be a war. But due to extenuating circumstances at the time, they barely dented history.
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- By Zachary Frey
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- 745
7 Medically Proven Treatments That Clearly Started as a Joke
It's often downright baffling that a) people came up with these ideas and b) that it totally freaking worked.
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- By John Dubensky, Lillian Marx, JM McNab, Jordan Rudow
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5 Epic Disasters at Sea (Survived by Un-killable Badasses)
History is full of shipwreck survivors so bizarrely unkillable that they seemed to go out of their way to mock Death itself, right to his stupid, bony face.
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- By Orrin R. K., Nyameye Dwomo-Anokye
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- 158
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6 Historic Events You Didn't Realize Everyone Was Drunk For
If you're ever reading about a historical event and something just doesn't seem to add up, it's because the editors cut the line 'and, of course, they were all wasted.'
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- By Pat Carnell
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- 407
7 Amazing Works of Pop Culture That Have Been Lost Forever
For various (usually stupid) reasons, there are huge holes in our cultural history.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Chris Berglund, James Amaz
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- 597
5 Tiny Screw-Ups That Caused Giant Catastrophes
In wacky sitcoms and movies, people get a free pass. In real life, not so much ...
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Insane True Stories of Hostages Outsmarting Their Captors
We won't stop until kidnappers everywhere are too worried about their victims making them look like jackasses to ever nap a kid again.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris, Carolyn Burke, Simone B.
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- 438
The 5 Coolest Things Ever Said In The History of War
Here's the latest installment in our series 'Holy hell, people actually talk like action heroes in real life?'
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Jorden Weir
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- 600
11 Old-Timey Photos That Somehow Aren't Photoshopped (Pt. 4)
When taken at face value, pictures from the olden days are either fake as hell or proof that the entire time between the Big Bang and our birth was totally messed up.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- 227
5 Historical Figures Who Made James Bond Look Like a Pussy
Some of these folks clawed their way up from mundanity simply by having immense balls.
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- By David Rheinhart
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- 378
5 Barbaric Practices That Are More Modern Than You Think
Things we assume were left in the distant past have a way of lingering on, decades or centuries longer than you'd have thought.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Aaron Granger
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- 765
5 Ruthless Dictators Hiding in Plain Sight as Normal People
Turns out you never know who's selling you that bottle of Evan green label.
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- By Alex Hanton, Virgil Texas
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- 407
The 5 Creepiest Death Rituals From Around the World (Part 2)
Given humankind's penchant for handling pretty much everything it encounters with complete and utter insanity, it's no surprise that some of our death rituals have gotten a little ... inspired.
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- By Himanshu Sharma
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- 317
