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24 History Memes To Share Some New Fun Facts

Whether your days of sitting in the classroom learning about history are over or not, there's always time to learn a new fun fact. Learning about history isn't always the most fun subject, sometimes learning about numerous specific dates, different names and titles of people and trying to remember who hates who can be very overwhelming. There is another way to learn something new about history, though, a way that isn't as boring and doesn't come with any high stakes. History memes are a fun way to get some new information while being entertained at the same time.

Reddit's /r/historymemes is a, perhaps surprisingly, very active subreddit. The users are avid history buffs who create and share new historical memes every day. They can be from all different times in history; there are even good Greek mythology memes in there, if that's of interest. Here are 24 history memes to provide everyone with a healthy dose of knowledge today.

Just Trust

Anonymous 05/16/23(Tue)10:06:59 34 KB JPG No.15052157 >"heavy objects fall faster than light ones" >none cares to check if this is true for 2000 years

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Big Brain Moment

SEND OUT A WARNING OF IMPENDING VOLCANIC ERUPTION EVACUATE THE AREA IN THE LAVA FLOW'S PATH TRY DUMPING WATER ON LAVATO PREVENT IT'S SPREAD NAH.JUST DROPAF KING BOMB ON THE LAVA

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Payback

Almon Strowger So you don't plan on doing anything about one of your phone operators sabotaging my business? Almon Strowger Invents a way to automate telephone calls and makes the entire phone operator industry obsolete. VIOLO Bell Telephone Company That's right!

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Rough

Filipinos having to fight the Spanish, the Americans, the Japanese, and rebel civilians in three seperate wars in a span of less than 50 years

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???

Basque people visiting Iceland after 1615 A law which allows Icelandic people to legally kill any Basques on sight

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Good Times

When it is illegal to expose the illegal things the government does

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Sure Why Not

Death coming to take Sisyphus I will bind you with my chains Could i hold the chains first Horth RM. Sure my man

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Rude

Atlas and Heracles i will help you if you hold the world ok ok mind holding the world quick so i can get some padding under my shoulders

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Robbery vs Murder

When a nearby ship switches to a black pirate flag: That's not very nic When it switches to a red one: We're all gonna die!

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Crazy Discovery

Svante Pääbo secretly decoding an Egyptian mummy's DNA Svante Pääbo finding Swedish DNA Svante Pääbo realizing it's his own

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On Standby

"SPORTS BAR & & A US having a civil war COMAND CAPS STINE LIKE OLYMPIC GOLD Europe watching for military research

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Unfortunate Times

POV: You are a musically gifted boy in 18th century Italy:

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Just Say No

Poland 1.DECLARE. WAR Japan I just wanted you to know that you can't just say the word and expect us to fight you war

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Weakness

The Dutch realizing the Spanish couldn't swim during the 80 years War: M

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Funding a War Against Themselves

Napoleon wants money for war with England British bank offers to lend Thomas the money Declares war on Britain with Louisiana money Thomas Jefferson wants to purchase Louisiana Thomas Jefferson borrows the money and buys Louisiana

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Lame

Cowboys were so cool duelling and collecting bounties 02 OOD Yeah that really was the wild life Meanwhile average cowboy Some weirdo tried to instigate a duel to the ROOMS APH death, so the sheriff locked him up

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Still Sounds Weird

People having a meltdown about Cillian Murphy's name being pronounced Killian not Sillian Me, patiently waiting to inform them how Caesar and Cicero were really pronounced

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Of Course

Most renaissance painters Today i will paint some angels Meanwhile Da Vinci wa dissecting this corpse will help my art look more realistic

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Get Out

Gauls What are you doing in Southern Gaul Greeks made with mematic Mind your own business.

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Sad

Maximilien Robespierre after spending several days with a shattered jaw then having the bandage holding his face together torn off right before his beheading um Frère,, I'm straight-up not having a good time.

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Love You Fiji

THE BRITISH TO THE REST OF THEIR EMPIRE THE BRITISH TO FIJI imgflip.com

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Sigh

That one man who forgot to lock up his wife and now he's waiting outside his home for Julius Caesar to be finish having his way with his wife: u/Khantlerpartesar

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Feels Bad

Reading a book written by one of your favourite historical figures One of the chapters is titled "on the Jewish question" imgflip.com

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Texas…

Texas when Mexico tries to ban slavery: RESTANT MATONT CHANGE TEAM FIND ONLINE MATCH Texas when U.S. tries to ban slavery RESTANT MATONT CHANGE TEAM FIND ONLINE MATCH

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