40 Hidden Truths and Closely Guarded Secrets From Around the World

Somebody somewhere didn’t want you to find these
40 Hidden Truths and Closely Guarded Secrets From Around the World

The X-Files were definitely right about that whole “truth being out there” thing, because we did some serious digging and found a whole bunch of it today. 

Not real digging like the people who physically unearthed these hidden treasures. That seems hard. Our soft, nimble little keyboard ticklers couldn’t handle that kind of blistering. It’s teamwork, really. They do all the dirty work, and we’ll tell you guys about it. 

Seems fair, right? 

Hidden Van Gogh Self-Portrait

A self-portrait by Van Gogh was discovered behind one of his other paintings. CRACKED.COM Art conservators dis- covered the concealed image behind Head of a Peasant Woman, hidden by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century.

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Hidden Lobsters

what's the deal with TRADER JOE'S? Can you find the hidden LOBSTER? GRACKED.COM Nearly all Trader Joe's locations have a lobster or other stuffed creature hiding on the shelves for kids (and their adults) to find. Spot it, then grab a crew member to receive a treat for digging up the hidden treasure. S

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Hidden in the Flowers

The cover of the Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request, has the faces of their rivals, The Beatles, hidden in the flowers. Ringo Paul George John GRACKED.COM

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St. Francis

CRACKED Giotto's 13th century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi had a hidden secret for centuries - nobody could get up high enough to spot a side-on portrait of Satan hidden in the clouds.

Hidden Code

The U.S. CYBER COMMAND cyber STATES Command emblem contains X a hidden code. When cracked, the 32 character string translates into the unit's (lengthy

Lead Tinsel

Because it doesn't tarnish like other metals tinsel used to be made out of lead CRACKED.COM

Asbestos Snow

CRACKED COM ASBESTOS WAS ONCE SOLD AS FAKE SNOW FOR HOUSE DECOR. ASBESTOS Pure White FIRE PROOF EM CONTENTIN SNOW LOOKS LIKE REAL SNOW CLEANEST WHITEST-MEST It was used in this scene in The Wizard of Oz.

Mother’s Day Secret

Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis spent her final days in a mental asylum. Funding to keep her in there allegedly came from flower and greeting card purveyors who weren't fans of her later efforts to repeal the holiday she created. CRACKED.COM

Prehistoric Stones

CRACKED Due to a severe drought, water levels in reservoirs across Spain are at an all time low. This has revealed the long-hidden ruins of 11th century churches and prehistoric stone circles, which have become popular tourist destinations.

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Museum Secrets

If there's one thing museums love more than hiding their Illuminati secrets, it's a Well- cleaned animal skeleton. To srid animal skeletons of tissue

Santa

Santa isn't the first magical creature to slide down a chimney. Many tales depicted the fireplace as the gap between our and the supernatural world, b

Disney’s Gator Problem

Walt Disney World has a severe alligator infestation. The number of alligators caught within the premises of the resort increases every year, mainly because it is located at the center of water ways and canals commonly inhabited by alligators. GRACKED.COM

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Disney’s Abandoned Island

Disney World is hiding an abandoned island. Disney used it as a wildlife observatory, but shut it down in 1999 when they opened Animal Kingdom and mov

The Washington Monument

Before the aluminum cap was placed on the Washington Monument, it was shown off in Tiffany's New York store. ai1 uck one h tane The cap was the world'

The Alps

CRACKEDc The Alps are hiding dead soldiers from World War l. There were 150, 000 deaths on the Alpine front during WW1. A third of those were battle v

Ancient Egyptian Temple

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DIGGING A SEWER FOUND AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. CRAUA The workers were drilling a sewage drain in an Egyptian city when they unearthed a

Vampire Skeleton

A vampire skeleton buried under a sickle was unearthed in Poland. CRACKED.COM Polish researchers came across the remains of a woman with a triangular padlock on her foot in a cemetery. The sickle around her neck was believed to keep a vampire from return- ing from the dead.

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A Lost Iraqi City

A drought in Iraq unearthed a lost city. CRACKED.COM The ruins of a 3,400-year-old lost city, complete with a palace and a sprawling fort, have been unearthed in Iraq after ex- treme drought severely de- pleted water levels in the country's largest reservoir.

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Oldest Door Uneathed

CRACKED THE OLDEST KNOWN DOOR IN EUROPE WAS UNEARTHED IN SWITZERLAND. Tree rings suggest the door was made in 3063 BCE - around the time of Stonehenge.

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Uncovered Burial Ground

CRACKED CON In 1982, two children playing on a swing in a field in Norton, England looked down and saw that they had accidentally unearthed a skeleton

The Lost City of Srivijaya

Fishermen uncovered a lost 14th century city when golden artifacts were caught in their nets. Srivijaya ruled Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years but disappeared without a trace, until its location was revealed on the River Musi. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Fire on the Titanic

TITANIC A SONG OF FIRE BURNED AND HULL? ICE Historians have recently uncovered evidence that a small fire that began in the boiler rooms before the sh

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson grew up with his mother and sister. However, when Nicholson was 37 years old, a reporter uncovered that his 'mother' was actually his g

Nazi Documents

During a renovation, a Hungarian couple accidentally uncovered 6300 Nazi documents behind a wall in their apartment. usbia Adatszolgaltatasi M E. read

Ancient Lefty Tools

10% of ancient tools uncovered are designed for being left-handed. I'm a lefty CRACKED.COM This indicates that in the last 10,000 years the proportion of the population that is left-handed has re- mained consistent at 10%.

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