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25 Memes About The Weird Parts Of History

There is a meme for everything these days, including ones about history. History is a subject that most people seem to enjoy in school, history teachers were always the coolest teachers, everyone knows that. It's fun to learn about history and what times were like way back in the day. It's interesting to hear about real events and specific people that led to the world as it's known today. While there is a lot of bad stuff in history that is necessary to learn about, there's a lot of good, interesting stuff too, and there really is something for everyone when it comes to history.

History memes are memes that are made about historical events and people. There is a meme for every time period and person, so there is no limit to what can be made. Using memes to learn about history is just one way to make learning even more fun and it's a good excuse to keep scrolling online, it's not just entertainment, it's education. Here are 25 history memes from Reddit's very factual subreddit /r/historymemes to learn something new today.

Except of course…

All of Italy should be absorbed Except of course...

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It's classic

"The opening to the Olympics was a disgrace!" Meanwhile the people that literally created the Olympics:

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Oh…

Retreat of Grande Armée -1812 Where's your horse soldier?! He froze to death, sir Oh And where's the rest of your squadron?! They are trying to eat my horse, sir Don't hurt yourself, Fred I know what I'm doing, Nobby

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It's impossible

Julius caesar Genghis khan ° ME: WHICH ONE IS THE GREATEST CONQUERER AFTER ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S ERA JAKE-CLARK.TUMBLR imgflip.com

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Can't argue with that

TRAD WEST ROYAL NAVY: "QUALITY TRAINED CREW WILL BRING US VICTORY!" FRENCH NAVY: “STRONGER HULLS WILL KEEP US IN THE FIGHT LONGER!" TRAD WEST SPANISH NAVY: "MUCHO CANNONS = MUCHO DAMAGE"

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Boosting productivity

The factory's clock being slowed down by the owner 19th century factory employees trying to finish their 16 hour shift

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Hmmm

Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department • Yakuza 400+ police officers 120+ Yakuza gangs 1918 Parties • Taiwanese mob Number 100+ mobs YAKUZA POLICE

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The more you know

"In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. The amount of money borrowed for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it wasn't paid off until 2015. Which means that living British citizens helped pay to end the slave trade." Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

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You can

You don't understand, we...we had to seize absolute power for the good of the revolution! What if the people decide to do anti-revolution things? We can't just give up power and leave the country in the hands of the idiotic masses! Yes you can.

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Wild

The soviets learning western reactors take hundreds of years to match their power output: This is the most ghetto s I've ever seen in my life. VO

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Quick with it

imgflip.com HE WAS A CLOSETED HOMESEXUAL HISTORIANS

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Sticks worth more than gold

How Byzantium got silkworms -appx. 550 Anatolia China [Mission-impossible music] Persia [Mission impossible music] My Emperor, we bring you these sticks from China [Mission impossible music] Oh sweat! WE ARE GONNA BE RICH!

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Pretty late

US abolished slavery in 1865 Most of Europe Russia abolished abolished slavery serfdom 50 years in 1861. ealier. 2 PA 1

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The cycle never ends

*his generation forgot the horrors of war* peace makes us weak and degenerate! war makes us strong! war iss awesome the endless cycle of war man i sure appreciate the time of peace provided by my ancestors *still scared by ...i was wrong the horrors we should never go to war ever again

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A Greek fairytale

Hey kid, which national football team do you support? DEUTSCHER FUSSBALL-RUND ITALIA FIGC KNY FFF OFB- Tilrieties GREECE!

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Doomers have been wrong for thousands of years

"The earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." - Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC 000 4874 "It's so over"

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Who won?

NO! THE USSR BEAT THEM TO EVERY MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT EXCEPT THE MOON! THE USA WON THE SPACE RACE 14% 0.1% 2% 10 score 55 70 70 imgflip.com 34% 34% THE USA WON THE SPACE RACE 31 14% 2% 959 0.1% 85 100 115 130 145

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Historical life goals

Having a country named after you Having an entire historical era named after you Having a salad named after you

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What a kneeslapper

JANA DANA AWA_ The @DerekPutin - 23h What was "the incident" at your ziggurat?

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She was Greek

CLEARTH TOLOR RKILARD BURION ROXASON J CLEOPATRA Its racist to cast Elizabeth Taylor a white women, to play Cleopatra! What the real Cleopatra looked like. modern person

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Bet

Normal people with time machine ** I'm your granddaughter! Wow, that's really cool History nerds with time machine bro please for the love of god don't go painting in wheat fields Aight, bet

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Ah…

1960s Stanford University graduate Russian history students, asking their professor how Alexander Kerensky broke the Russian economy and eventually lead to the rise of Bolsheviks: Their professor Alexander Kerensky

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Society

when someone realizes that paper is easier to carry then gold, and now you are in eternal dept

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When you realize…

WHEN YOU READ ABOUT HOW MEDIEVAL PEASANTS HAD SO MANY HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT ITS LIKE TO LIVE AS A MEDIEVAL PEASANT imgflip.com 9

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Goals

Having a country named after you Having an entire historical era named after you

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