Cracked Archive - History
5 Infamous Insults That Used to Mean Something Totally Different
Let us consider the history of geeks and dicks
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- By Ryan Menezes
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6 5 Everyday Objects With Hidden Symbolism
Who’s this little freak on all my Bluetooth stuff?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things That Were Legal, Right Until Someone Died
A hundred years ago, a spitball killed some dude
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Time Periods, Cultures and People You’re Picturing All Wrong Because of TV and Movies
A T-Rex doesn't know what Stegosaurus tastes like anymore than we do.
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- By JhallComics, Mike Rampton
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5 Politicians Who Tanked Their Chances in the Fewest Words Possible
Those of you who remember campaigns past might know just why the word ‘tanked’ is being used
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- By Eli Yudin
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13 Celebrated Historical Figures Who Would Be Useless In Bed
A big brain doesn't mean you hang brain.
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- By Mike Rampton, JhallComics
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History’s 5 Worst Ways of Doing Laundry
Swish your clothes in gasoline. What could go wrong?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Towns That Are Nothing But An Excuse for Corporate Malfeasance
You’re telling me my boss IS my landlord? Where do I sign up!?!?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Foods We All Eat That Were Designed to Be Garbage
No, craisins aren’t dried fruit. They’re waste, injected with juice
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Legendary Cultures That Left a Mysterious Mark on History
Whatever these ancient civilizations were getting up to, they left some intriguing clues.
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- By JhallComics, Mike Rampton
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4 Times Nepotism Had Deadly Consequences
A couple kids we all wish would have just sat on their trust funds
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- By Eli Yudin
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13 Little-Known, Yet Fiercely Raging Controversies
The Transfermium Wars are a real scientific debate, not a sci-fi literary saga.
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- By JhallComics, Andrea Meno
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13 Historical Figures You'd Never Believe Used To Kick It
Nelson Mandela was good friends with ... uh ... Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi?
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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4 Stubborn Idiots Who Were So Wrong That They Died
Between some random guy and gravity, I’m betting on gravity
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Government Propaganda Campaigns That Backfired Tremendously
When we see a government message, we just do the exact opposite
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- By Ryan Menezes
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