Cracked Archives

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5 Brutal Murderers Who Aaaalmost Got Away With It

By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Diego C., Ryan Menezes, Abraham Mireles

Turns out that karma loves a cliffhanger.

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Old-Timey Icons With WTF Habits

By Adam Wears

These a-list icons had a-hole tendencies.

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Weird Historical Facts That Don't Get Mentioned

By Andrea Meno

Think history is boring? Challenge accepted.

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Achievements That Emerged From Dark Times Like Now

By Eirik Gumeny

Well folks, it's time to invent calculus.

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Quotes That Are Quoted Totally Incorrectly

By Ryan Menezes, Abraham Mireles

'Read this article, on the website Cracked' - Charlemagne

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Trivial And Nonsensical Rules In Congress

By Jordan Breeding

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7 'What' Side Stories From Famous Moments In History

By Alex Hanton, Blair Dodge, Ryan Menezes, Christian Markle, Matthew Z. Wood, Richard C. Shaffer

Historically, important doesn't always mean serious.

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5 Tragedies That Douches Took Advantage Of

By Adam Wears

If humor is tragedy plus time, profit is tragedy plus no time at all.

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The Official Pablo Escobar Phone Saga Is Bonkers

By Alex Hanton

The Escobar legacy lives on (in phone form).

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Sadly, The Hobby Lobby Dead Sea Scrolls Are All Crafty Fakes

By Cedric Voets

These don't belong in a museum.

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Bad Groups That Weren't Evil Originally

By Ryan Menezes

Sometimes you don't choose thug life, thug life chooses you.

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Unforeseen Job Hardships In A 'Booming' Economy

By Steven Assarian

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Women Who Posed As Men (To Get Ahead)

By Heidi Lux

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America May Be Deporting Its Last Living Nazi

By Isaac Cabe

Hopefully, whatever happens here, it will mean no more Nazis in America.

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5 Of The Most Evil Medical Professionals In History

By Andrew McRae

The evil medical professional is practically its own sub-genre of horror.