Cracked Archive - History

9 Insane Cases that Prove the US Legal System Is Screwed

• By Luke McKinney
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• June 12, 2008

Reminder: The 11 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered

• By Ian Cheesman
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• June 09, 2008

History's 9 Most Terrifying Beauty Tips

• By Ian Fortey
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• May 28, 2008

The Top 5 Nooners: #1 Things That Rhyme With

• By Ross Wolinsky
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• May 22, 2008

20 Websites From Before the Internet was Invented

What would some of your favorite websites have looked like before you were born?

• By Cracked Plasticians
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• May 22, 2008

20 Websites From Before the Internet was Invented

• By Cracked Plasticians
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• May 22, 2008

The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths

These brave few achieved greatness and then topped it off by kicking the bucket in ridiculously implausible ways.

• By Ned Resnikoff, Peter Hildebrand
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• April 17, 2008

The Bizarre History of 10 Common Sayings

• By Luis Prada
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• April 07, 2008

The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class

• By S Peter Davis
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• April 02, 2008

5 Famous Inventors (Who Stole Their Big Idea)

• By Daniel O'Brien
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• March 28, 2008

The 5 Most Ridiculously Over-Hyped Health Scares of All Time

• By Adam Tod Brown
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• March 27, 2008

6 Reasons the Irish Aren't So Lucky

• By Nathan Birch, Kristi Harrison
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• March 14, 2008

The 10 Most Bizarre Military Experiments

• By Ian Fortey
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• March 10, 2008

7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened

• By Peter Hildebrand
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• March 05, 2008

The Gruesome Origins of 5 Popular Fairy Tales

These were racy, violent parables to distract peasants after a hard day's dirt farming, and some of them made Hostel look like, well, kid's stuff.

• By Stuart Layt
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• February 28, 2008