29 Historical (View-Shifting) Facts And Images

Admit it: Most of your perception of history comes mostly from Hollywood blockbusters and skewed textbooks.
29 Historical (View-Shifting) Facts And Images

Admit it: Most of your perception of history comes mostly from Hollywood blockbusters and skewed textbooks.

Lucky for you, we've enlisted the aid of our readers to help clear the air on some of the bullshit you've learned over the years ...

CRAGKEDCON Blitzkrieg sometimes looked like this. The german 1st Cavalry Division fought in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and on the Eastern Front.
Behold the Beauteous CLEOPATRA, Queen of the Nile CRACKEDCON
The US government trained. armed. funded and supported Osama bin Laden and his followers in Afghanistan during the cold war. With a huge investment of
These twisted lines and pockmarks are the modern remains of trenches and shell craters in a WWI battlefield in Beaumont-Hamel, France. The effects of
The American Nazil Party attempted a coalition with the Nation of Islam in the early 60's. George Lincoln Rockwelll (founder)) and two followers are s
You might already know that when the French gave us the Statue of Liberty, it was bronze. But they also didn't bother putting it together, presumably
GRACKEDO Not all Americans supported the AlLies BLELENAIRA American Nazis parade in New York City East 86th St. Oct. 30, 1939 Two months after Ww2 sta
Throughout the 1800s and the early Twentieth Century, expanding industries across the United States eagerly exploited cheap and easily managed Child,
ORACKEDCOM Ronald Reagan. Patriotic Conservative. Here he is meeting with the Afghan Mujahideen, to whom he dedicated a 1982 space shuttle launch. Muj
Ahh, the noble Native American. We all know they used every part of the animal and were the world's first conservationists. Look, here they are teachi
GRAGKED CON FEBRUARY. THURSDAY I4.10 1884. X Te lrght has gove ou gfle my We may think of him as a badass, but this was Teddy Roosevelt's not unreason
FRANCE STILL USED THE GUILLOTINE IN 1977,3 MONTHS AFTER STAR WARS Was RELEASED... CRACKED COM
CRACKED COM THESE ARE SECRET PHOTOGRAPHSOF HITLER REHEARSING HIS SPEECH POSTURE IN AN EMPTY ROOM TAKEN BY HEINRICH HOFFMAN. HITLER WOULD REVIEW THESE
CRACKED COM YIRSELF SON TAN Hoping that the new spray on tan fad will be gone soon? Don't hold your breath, because it's not actually that new. In fac
The Atomic Bomb - a revolution in warfare and the epitome of technological advancement... ..actually The Gadget, first looked like a nuclear bomb hair
Often depicted aksin to a college frat prank and a big part of, the Revolutionary. War history, this is what tar and feathering really looks like. As
CRACKED cO COM THis IS A SKETCH OF ONE OF THE EXECUTIONS9 THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. BUT WHERE ARE THE SKETCHES OF THE WITCH BURNIN
CRACKEDCON I say, George Mallory! How is it we're not wearing any trousers? Because it is there.
GRAGKEDO CON Women in Iran before the Islamic Revolution
A picture of an adorable little girl in the 1880's? Nope, this is our 32nd President FDR, before children's clothes were gender specific. CRACKED.CON
CRACKED.COM Throughout history, whites have made up the bulk percentage of slaves world wide.
Before you call some drab, uptight person realize a Puritan, that Puritans actually wore colorful clothes rather than the stereotypical all-black en
Typicall Afgan omen in the 1950's STEREO CRACKED CONT DAROODE
You know this picture. An unknown Chinese protester stopping the marching tanks in Tiananmen Square. Sure, that's bad-ass. But look at the full pictur
OO0G Whether you were a German mail carrier pigeon, a Russian anti-tank explosive dog, or an American bat carrying smnall incendiary bombs (this proje
For 50 years after its debut in 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance was accompanied by the so-called Bellamy Salute: extending the right hand, palm upwar
CRACKED sLis Vlsy! COM Full scale models of Columbus's 1 5th century ship (in front) versus Chinese explorer Zheng He's 15th century ship that explore
The MIGHTY ARMORED GERMAN BLITZKRIEG! Or about 20% of it. Most Germar ooldiers had to walk almost the entire allack route The arm rarely had enough tr
It's something disturbing you only hear about in dictatorships, when prizes from war are paraded back home to the delights of the people. This. is Ne

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