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5 'Eccentric' Historical Figures Who Were Clearly Just Crazy
There's a fine line between 'eccentric duke' and 'poop-smeared psychopath,' and the following folks skipped gaily across that line.
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- By Claire Gordon
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The 94 Most Badass Soldiers Who Ever Lived
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5 Shockingly Unexpected Cures for Common Health Problems
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- By Matt Farmer, Ivan Farkas
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Mind-Blowing Old-Timey Uses of 'Modern' Slang
Sometimes a term that sounds like it was made up by Ke$ha on the fly turns out to have a rich history in the English language much older than we ever knew.
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- By Brenna Crotty
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18 Mutant Superpowers Real Humans Have
It turns out that the X-Men exist ... kind of. But in place of optic blasts and telekinesis, there's bulging eyeballs and strong genitals.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Bullshit 'Facts' Everyone Believes About WWII
Any popular historical subject tends to resemble a pit of truth at the center of an overripe bullshit fruit.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , J. Wisniewski
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7 Insane R-Rated Trends You Never Noticed in Famous Art
Humanity has always possessed a knack for mindlessly repeating weird themes in all aspects of life, up to and very much including classic art. The only difference is that their themes were somehow even stranger.
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- By Carmen Burana
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40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe
By now you should know that we at Cracked have trouble swallowing the information that's been passed down to us throughout the years.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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9 Famous Thinkers Who Were Total Hypocrites
We're not saying these people are all liars or that their books should be tossed in the garbage. It's just interesting to see how the human mind works.
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- By Cornelius Heyer, Sammy Trujillo, Sam Jackson
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5 Slapstick Failures by Modern Military Commanders
More often than you'd think, circumstances conspire to put the fate of the world into the hands of people you wouldn't trust with a Risk board.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Alex Hanton, Xavier Jackson, Kyle Stevens
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5 Scenes From History That Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
Almost everything you think about those old wars is completely wrong.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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6 Hilarious Old-Timey Versions of Modern Vices
The next time someone gives you crap for doing one of the following, dig out the fuzzy black-and-white photos of their grandfathers doing the same.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Adam Wears, Dyl Moore, Michael Dawson
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5 Insane Supervillain Schemes by Real Governments
Occasionally the government will put forth a plot so insane that even the most hardened Bond villain would ask them if everything is all right at home
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- By Alex Hanton, Evan V. Symon
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