Without Googling Name a Famous Historic Battle

About

Without Googling Name a Famous Historical Battle refers to a Twitter trend and meme in which users quote-tweet a post asking for examples of a famous historical battle without searching Google, often replying with ironic, comedic examples of subjects with perceived rivalries, rather than notable historical battles. The original tweet was posted in late May 2023 and continued to inspire examples throughout June, garnering over 1 billion impressions that month and gaining viral spread across social media.

Origin

On May 24th, 2023, Twitter^[1] user @tamsully12 posted, "WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle," garnering over 24,000 likes, 99,700 quote-retweets and 1.3 billion views in a month (shown below). The post became the subject of quote-retweets over the following weeks as users responded with images interpreting the phrase "famous historic battle" loosely, often posting comedic images of rivalries or battles.^[2]

Spread

The trend became notably popularized throughout June 2023, inspiring numerous viral examples. On June 4th, 2023, Twitter^[3] user @Nick__Nation posted an image of YouTuber GloZell Green next to an image of cinnamon, referencing her viral cinnamon challenge video,^[4] garnering over 245,000 likes in two weeks (shown below, left). The meme was reposted by Instagram^[5] user 1223334444.4444333221 on June 5th, garnering over 323,000 likes. On June 10th, Twitter^[6] user @BleuCapone posted a version about console wars that gained over 28,700 likes in a week (shown below, right).

On June 13th, Black America Web^[7] published a collection of examples of the meme. On June 15th, Twitter^[8] user @808break posted a version joking about Nick Cannon's many kids, garnering over 33,000 likes in a week (shown below). The meme was reposted by Instagram^[9] user memezar on June 17th, garnering over 203,000 likes in three days.

That day, Business Insider^[10] published an article about some Twitter^[11] users doubting that the viral tweet by @tamsully12 that started the trend gained 1 billion impressions.

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