Cracked Archive - History

Cracked Archive - Whether it s a crack on American history or world history, Cracked s funny writers know just how to point out the absurd and comical in all the historical stories we ve heard for ages. Check out funny articles and stories on history at Cracked.com.

6 Horrifying Facts That Get Left Out Of History

If you think your future knowledge would help you in the past, we have bad news for you.

Authors: By Joe Hayes
Published: October 21, 2015
Comments: 458

5 Huge Marketing Campaigns That Were Complete Catastrophes

Sometimes the brainwashing overlords in charge of telling us what to buy go wildly off the rails, and it's always fun to sit back and soak in their failure.

Authors: By Chris Rio, Evan V. Symon
Published: October 18, 2015
Comments: 459

6 Stupid Bets That People Won As Insanely As Possible

Once Eisenhower's chief of staff bet General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery a B-17 Flying Fortress, he was going to get it.

Authors: By Aaron Short
Published: October 13, 2015
Comments: 222

5 Things You Say Often With Horrible Historical Origins

It's fascinating to trace the origins of everyday phrases back and find out just how many of them were not only slang, but terms that referenced unspeakable horror.

Authors: By Steve Shapiro
Published: September 14, 2015
Comments: 537

5 Artifacts That Prove Ancients Were Some Sick M'fers

When you go sifting through the shockingly explicit artifacts left behind by great civilizations, you find that modern society is pretty tame.

Authors: By Laura H
Published: August 30, 2015
Comments: 448

6 Iconic Pieces of Military Tech (That Secretly Sucked)

If you take a closer look at some of the machines we've been fervently drawing on our Trapper Keepers during study hall, you might find them hiding a ludicrous Achilles heel.

Authors: By M. Peter Storino
Published: August 29, 2015
Comments: 721

The 5 Most Important Things Ever Done While Black Out Drunk

Many historic events were such drunken shitshows that it's hard to imagine what modern civilization would even look like if not for the intervention of booze.

Authors: By Pat Carnell
Published: August 17, 2015
Comments: 217

6 Iconic Monuments That Almost Looked Completely Insane

Most monuments are actually pretty crazy. But those ones are tiddlywinks compared to these tributes we almost had.

Authors: By E. Reid Ross
Published: August 11, 2015
Comments: 145

5 Insane True Stories That Change How You Picture WWII

The best evidence of how batshit things got is that so many of the weirder stories just became footnotes in your history book.

Authors: By Zachary Frey
Published: August 06, 2015
Comments: 500

6 Historical Myths You've Lapped Up As Fact

From the most pivotal moments of massive wars to fun little factoids about historical figures, a little digging reveals that nothing played out exactly the way your history books claim.