History memes are a fun way to joke about the mistakes of our ancestors instead of focusing on our problems in the present. The popularity of history memes has been skyrocketing lately, and they really have been rapidly expanding their grasp on the online community since their creation, in a way. They caught on quickly, both educating and amusing us at the same time.

Maybe the reason they're so popular is because we're living in a historic era ourselves. Or maybe it's just fun to make fun of the things people did back then instead of pretending we're not still repeating those same exact mistakes nowadays. Isn't that why we learn history, anyway? No? Well, maybe we just about these things so we could understand these memes. They're also a great way to learn something, even if it's just a fun fact about Nepal. For everyone who wants to pretend they're getting an education while browsing the nonsense we see online, here are 18 of this week's best history memes.