History memes are some of the most popular out there, and they're a fun way to pretend you did something productive over summer break. If you're anything like the rest of your peers, you haven't touched your summer work, and you've got a lot of it. Honestly, you'll probably never do it. It's not like the teachers grade it, anyway. Your parents are probably pushing you to do it, though, and today, you can at least claim you're studying, because these posts below are all based on some real historical facts that have been spun into hilarious content.

You may not have known some of the facts from these memes, but now you will, and they're still funny anyway. So go ahead, slack off from your summer work yet again and claim you're being productive with these memes. Here are 20 of the best new history memes exploring events from class that you definitely would have forgotten about otherwise.