22 So-Called 'Educational' History Memes

History memes are always popular, and for good reason. They have an especially large following on Reddit, where they've become a whole new genre of online humor. For years, you've sat through history classes for basically no reason (they always say we learn from the past so we don't repeat the same mistakes, but that's pretty much all we ever do), and we've finally found a purpose for all those history facts we've learned, even if it's just to make a bunch of somewhat distasteful jokes about history.

It turns out we love making fun of the mistakes of others, especially those hundreds of years in the past. They can't come after us for it, at least. And now, that APUSH class finally has some relevance to your everyday life, because let's be real, it definitely wouldn't have otherwise. These are some of the most popular history memes you can claim are educational, even if you're not learning anything too complicated.