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29 Historical Nitpicks In Movies

By:: Cracked Plasticians

September 16, 2013

For whatever reason, filmmakers love to mess with the space-time continuum in their own films. From wrist watches to beach umbrellas, our readers compiled the most glaring historical inaccuracies Hollywood has ever produced. Winner got 100 bucks ...

29 Entry by bazooka

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28 Entry by MacTavish14

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27 Entry by heatherly

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26 Entry by Adogg1991

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25 Entry by Nicolae Horga

th CRACKEDOON Among the weapons used by Xerxes army there are small bombs. which would have used black powder, invented 14 centuries later

24 Entry by Sir_Doom

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23 Entry by Rutledal

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22 Entry by Danzy

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy must rush to Berlin in order to save his father's diary from the Nazi's public book burning. The problem i

21 Entry by Rutledal

In the film Public Enemies both Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd are killed long before John Dillinger. In reality they both outlived Dilling

20 Entry by Agent Spiff

IN THE 2000 FILM GLADIATOR BY DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT. THE PROTAGONIST. MAXIMUS DECimus MERIDIUS (PLAYED BY RUSSELL CROWE). IS DUBBED THE SPANIARD BY

19 Entry by MacTavish14

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18 Entry by PandaPoo

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17 Entry by Rutledal

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16 Entry by Adogg1991

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15 Entry by Scott Elizabeth Baird

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14 Entry by CdrCyclops

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13 Entry by Agent Spiff

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12 Entry by Skybandit

Can anybody explain why the namesake Ben-Hur wears a Star of David in Roman times while the first recorded use of that symbol dates to the Twelfth Cen

11 Entry by jenneke

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10 Entry by Adogg1991

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9 Entry by Rutledal

CRACKED COM The poster that Andy uses to cover up his escape hole in The Shawshank Redemption is from the film One Million Years B.C. It was released

8 Entry by angust

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7 Entry by MisterCanoehead

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6 Entry by Rutledal

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5 Entry by whoiswillo

THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBLAN MOVIES ARE SET DURING THE 1740s. THEY HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH FRUIT. THIS IS GRANNY A SMITH APPLE GRANNY SMItH APPLES

4 Entry by Rutledal

The movie Red Dragon is set at an unspecified point prior to 1991: While going through a crime scene FBI agent Will Graham opens a drawerto reveal an

3 Entry by Agent Spiff

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2 Entry by drudru

SHEFIFF Belt loops are visible throughout Clint Eastwood's 19921Oscar winner Unforgiven. (Set in I881.) These little guys, strangely enough, came.abou

1 Entry by P.Val

Most movies depict king Arthur and his knights wearing armor like this and living in castles like this The real king Arthur (or whatever local warlord

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