Cracked Archive - History
6 Ridiculous History Myths (You Probably Think Are True)
Some of the things that we hear about people in the past, repeated again and again in cautionary tales about the present, simply aren't true. They were crazy, but they weren't THAT crazy.
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- By C. Coville
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1161 The 6 Biggest Badasses Who Lived As The Opposite Sex
These people lived their entire lives as the oppossite sex, mostly because the people around them were complete idiots.
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- By Christina H
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6 Spectacularly Bad Ideas From History's Greatest Geniuses
The modern world as we know it was shaped by the minds of geniuses. But the same outside the box thinking that gave us our great innovations also gave them some truly ridiculous ideas.
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- By Cole Gamble
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The 17 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Propaganda Posters
Propaganda is invaluable at teaching two timeless lessons: Your government thinks you're stupid, and when faced with unreasonable expectations, some people will lose their shit in hilarious ways.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Famous Explorers Who Shaped The World (With Insane Lies)
Contrary to what NASA tells you, simply being the first white guy to walk on something does not earn you a free ride. No, the real rewards only come if you can whip the masses up into an orgiastic frenzy of greed. Like these guys.
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- By Andrew Dunham
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5 People Who Changed the World From Inside of Prison
While avoiding some angry male on male action and daily shankings, these guys influenced the course of history.
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- By Bronzulton Q
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6 Historic Acts of Revenge That Put 'Kill Bill' to Shame
If you think epic vengeance is restricted to cheesy movies then you have a lot of history to learn.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Economic Collapses More Ridiculous Than This One
History is full of economic idiocy, and here are five economic collapses that make 2010 feel like the Renaissance.
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- By Matthew Hayden
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6 Soldiers Who Survived Shit That Would Kill a Terminator
The next time grandpa starts talking about how far he had to walk in the snow to school, tell him about these badasses.
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- By Paul K Pickett
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5 Reasons The Founding Fathers Were Kind Of Dicks
Today's teabaggers are douchebags, sure. But they didn't have anything on our Founding Fathers.
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- By Lola C.
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6 Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened: Update
Look, if you dig deep enough everything is an amazing coincidence. But even cynics like us have to admit these are downright freaky.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 5 Most Widely Believed WWII Facts (That Are Bullshit)
Roosevelt DIDN'T kill the dinosaurs? Weird.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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9 Inventions that Prove Leonardo da Vinci Was a Supervillain
We're positive that the Mona Lisa shoots lasers, also.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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Reminder: 7 Real World Heists That Put 'Ocean's 11' to Shame
Danny Ocean might have had some big plans in his movies, but he can't hold a candle to some of history's more daring real-life thieves.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Enlightened Ideas Brought to You by Evil Empires
Hey, thanks, Xerxes? For everything?
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , CRACKED Staff
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