Cracked Archive - History
5 Famous Pieces of Presidential Trivia (That Are Total BS)
We cling to certain well-known tales that help us easily label and categorize our presidents. There's only one problem with these little nuggets of awesome: Not nearly all of them are true.
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- By Alex Hanton
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703 6 Legitimate Organizations That Secretly Act Like the Mafia
In every system at every level of society, you're bound to come across at least one group bent on exploiting you with puppy-punching ruthlessness.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Nobodies Who Stumbled into Wars and Kicked Everyone's Ass
No one pictures their sweet grandma strafing the border with an AK-47 in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, raining down death and destruction as epic as her homemade apple pie. But it does happen.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Matthew Moffitt
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6 True Stories From History Creepier Than Any Horror Movie
History books are full of PG-13 violence. Here are the directors' cuts.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Wrongly Convicted People the Legal System Kept on Screwing
It's actually physically impossible for people in authority positions to admit they're wrong, which is why we get situations like these.
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- By Robin Warder
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5 Laws That Made Sense on Paper (And Disasters in Reality)
Government is somebody coming up with a plan that sounds great on paper, only to be hilariously thwarted by human nature within minutes of it passing.
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- By Doron S.
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5 Lost Documents That Shatter Your Image of Famous People
Secrets don't stay buried forever, and occasionally lost documents will turn up that change everything.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Matthew Kohlmorgen
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6 Priceless Ancient Artifacts (Destroyed by Idiots)
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- By Kevin Smith, Joey Clift, Ed Stevens
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The 5 Most Badass Medics in the History of War
This is what happens when G.I. Joe and Dr. House mash it up.
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- By Jorden Weir
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7 Real (And Totally Insane) Medical Practices From History
How did no one stop to think 'Hey, this is kind of strange.'
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- By Steve Shapiro
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5 Reasons the English Language Makes No Freaking Sense
As much as we might judge people for their bad spelling, the truth is that English spelling doesn't make any goddamn sense.
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- By Kate Peregrina
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5 'Crazy People' Who Were Right All Along
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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6 Insane Schemes Attempted at the Dawn of Space Travel
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Ivan Farkas
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5 Hilariously Perverse Trends You Missed in Famous Artwork
We're about to either make you feel better about the current state of art or convince you that it's always been full of perverse nightmare fuel.
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- By Carmen Burana
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5 Ways U.S. Democracy Is More Rigged Than You Think
It turns out the craziest, most overtly bullshit political practices are perfectly legal.
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- By Nathan Blumenthal, Xavier Jackson
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