Cracked Archive - History
5 Modern Controversies That Have Been Around Forever
If you owned a time machine and took a tour of the past, you'd see the same shit coming up over and over again.
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- By Kasper Kauhanen
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462 6 Bizarre Armies You Won't Believe Won Real Victories
War ... war never changes. Oh wait, yes it does.
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- By Dimitra Nikolaou
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The 6 Most Embarrassing Historical Artifacts Ever Discovered
WARNING: This articles contains centuries-old mummy wiener and sex toys.
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- By Marina Reimann
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5 Ridiculous Cold War Myths You Probably Believe
The Cold War was a 40-year pissing contest in which the entire world's population kept a constant eye on the news, with a never-ending fear that one side or the other would whap their big, red Armageddon button first.
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- By Nathan Williams
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5 Horrifying Realities Of Daily Life Edited Out Of History
You can actually make yourself feel a whole lot better about your life today merely by reminding yourself of a few key things about the past.
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- By Chris Fox
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5 Insane Theories That Change How You See Great Works Of Art
We want to emphasize the word 'theories' here -- none of these have been proven, and probably never will be.
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- By Nathan Williams
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6 Incredible Ancient Wonders (Destroyed By Idiots)
When future archaeologists look back at our era thousands of years from now, they'll reach two major conclusions: 1) our subway system was very inefficient and bizarrely sandwich-centric, and 2) we were morons.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Real Supervillain Attacks on America That History Forgot
Prior to 9/11, we could scarcely believe such a thing was even possible. But that's only because our memories totally suck.
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- By Zachary Frey
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5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove Modern Men Are Sexist
It turns out that archaeology has proven a whole bunch of our assumptions to be wrong, which, in addition to tricking Nazis into melting their own faces off, is exactly what archaeologists are supposed to do.
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- By Will Lennon, Kristance Harlow
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5 Uprisings Cut from U.S. History for Being Too Successful
Overthrowing a government takes an enormous amount of planning, strategy, and resources. Or, you know, just a gigantic set of balls.
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- By Zachary Frey
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5 Famous People With Crazy Second Lives Nobody Knows About
It turns out great historical figures' lives have more random side quests than your average RPG.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The 5 Most Incredible Pranks Pulled With Major Landmarks
These stunts range from merely dickish to grossly illegal, and each is still admirable in its own way.
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- By Natso Baatarkhuu, Justin Crockett, Ivan Farkas
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6 Tiny Mistakes That Shaped Huge Parts of Modern History
The shaping of history is a lot less Illuminati and a lot more the 3 Stooges.
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- By Alexander Pan
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5 Historical Figures More Terrifying Than Any Horror Villain
Jason Vorhees would run away screaming at the sight of any of these real-life monsters.
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- By Janel Comeau
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5 Famous Historical Figures You Didn't Know Were Perverts
We get so tied up in slut-shaming contemporary celebrities that it's easy to forget how some of history's greatest minds spent most their energy having the nastiest sex they could get their hands on.
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- By Luke John Smith
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