Cracked Archive - History
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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613 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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6 Nightmarish Things People Did for Fun Before Electricity
The fun always stops when the lights come on and history proves it.
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- By Dimitra Nikolaou
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The 5 Craziest Ways People Defeated Terrifying Regimes
Sometimes beating totalitarian regimes means getting creative.
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- By Pat Carnell
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5 Bizarre Criminal Undergrounds That Are Bafflingly Huge
Sometimes, strange crime waves -- more apt for a Batman comic -- do happen in real life.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Robert Ngungi
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6 Awesomely Insane Guns People Actually Used (Pt. 2)
The 'who cares if it works, it'll be cool as hell!' approach to gunsmithing has given us some amazing results.
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- By Adam Wears, George Kemper, Ivan Farkas
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6 Insanely Advanced Technologies Found in Ancient Ruins
Some ancient technologies have turned out to be at least as good as, if not better than, the stuff our fancy-pants scientists today have developed.
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- By David Jones
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44 Important Parts of History You're Picturing Wrong
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Real Robberies With Better Twists Than Any Heist Movie
In real life thieves don't need helicopters or EMP devices to pull off crimes bigger than anything you've seen on the silver screen. You just need a ridiculous plan and the balls to carry it out.
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- By Chris Rio
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