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28 Historical Memes Full Of Fun Facts

Everyone wishes learning could be more fun, so why not make it that way? Sometimes, scrolling online all day long feels a bit mind-numbing. There is a way, though, to make that time spent online more productive and educational, and that's with history memes. History memes are just as funny as regular memes, but they have the added essence of history in them, making them factual and educational as well. They make a person feel better about the content they are consuming, because now they might have a new fun fact to share with the world at some point.

There's a history meme for everyone out there. Whether someone is interested in Greek mythology or specific people, there's a meme for everything. The best place to find them all is Reddit's /r/historymemes, of course. This subreddit is filled with the most historically accurate memes out there, ready to entertain and educate the whole Internet. Here are 28 history memes everyone will feel good about seeing today.

An impossible mission

Could you stop trying to kill all of us... Dictators at least once a century ...FOR FIVE MINUTES?!

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Surprise

With its cowboys and guns and steam train rides. America became known as the land of the free, which must have come as a surprise to all the slaves.

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So sad

@nikicaga. 3h Nikolaj The Mongols are really cool of course, but it's also just sad to read about their conquests What do you mean this is all that remains of one of the greatest cities in world history ENTRAR ASIA

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Who wins?

Alexander the Great Has Cities named after him Simon Bolivar Has a Country named after him Napoleon Queen Victoria Julius Caesar Has wars named after him FederalEnforcedMemes Has an era named after her Has a month and the title of King/Emperor named after him

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Someone apologize

Archeologists You actually were telling the truth. Herodotous I do that quite a lot. yet people are always surprised.

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I hope so

Dino Stan @idinostan • 1d I hope this man found someone who can match his energy John 31 Oh girl! Are you Belgian? Because I want to violate your neutrality

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Centuries later…

Eduard Habsburg @Eduard Habs....6h: Victory at last! (Our plans are measured in centuries. We have other prospects.) Alastair Roberts @zugzwanged. 2d The Spanish galleon Andalucía passing through Tower Bridge. www 2815 230 172K 22K ılıı 936K

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Crazy times

the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing new Epic of Gilgamesh dropped before The Winds of Winter Archaeological Photography @archaeolo... 1d A new chapter of the Epic of Gilgamesh is revealed when the fragment of Tablet V was finally recovered. It was written in Standard Babylonian and dates back to the Neo-Babylonian period (626-538 BC), according to researchers.

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Too real

Hollywood Medieval movies starter pack... Suits Of Armor Could Be Easily Punctured Common Folk Were Always Dirty And Wore Drab-Colored Clothing Commanders Yelled 'Fire' To Command Archers To Release Their Arrows Heavy Cavalry Would Charge Full Speed Into A Line Of Spears Castle Sieges Took Place In A Matter Of Hours

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Fine…

The Huns, who conquered and sacked many cities, wanted to attack Rome. After their leader Attila met Pope Leo the Great they retreated instead. Enough of this nonsense, go home emplerpilled Alright @remplarpilled

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His world was turned upside down

How the allies saw the Italian people How Mussolini saw the Italian people Gancia

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Pick an empire

TEMPLARPILLED MEN LEARN ABOUT AN EMPIRE AND BASE THEIR ENTIRE PERSONALITY AROUND IT GERMAN Lade RUSSIAN EMPIRE Pekan ARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS ERLAND O-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE CHHEEST IN CONS SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN IS KING

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Learned from the best

Britain when they see the USA invading third world countries I raised that boy.

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Uh oh…

The South doesn't seem that strange to me. Hey kid, seen Johnny Reb here? Don't talk to my slave like that, Yank! Now come on son, let's go

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Who knew it was so accurate?

900-Year-Old 'Jars' Found In Jerusalem Turn Out To Be Hand Grenades Used During The Crusades bring forth the holy handgrenade. OTRAD

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Dang United Nations…

America getting all credit for WW2 The UK and USSR The world India having its entire wealth drained out for the war, fighting at every front, sending the biggest volunteer army in the history of mankind, losing millions of lives for man made famines, and still not getting a permanent seat in UN SC.

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Poor Greek cities

ATHENS Please I can explain CORINTH Destroyed? I literally ceased to exist for a century THEBES You only got sacked by Rome? I was destroyed for 20 years Λ SPARTA thu m You guys survived antiquity?

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No other options!

English royalty: What should we name the future king? French royalty: What should we name the future king? Henry, Richard, James, William, George, or Edward? Louis

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Sure is something…

People of Rhodos: *Lets build an big statue to display our god Helios !* u/pinkm4n *When people entered Rhodos*

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Would be quite the long queue

Who are you? "You funded both sides of a war in my country" declaration of memes Declaration of Memes Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

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Well?

ENOUGH WITH ZODIAC SIGNS WHICH KNIGHT ORDER YOU SUPPORTING? Holy Sepulchre St. John "Hospitalers" "Templars" the Sword St. James of Teutonic Knights 甄 ** @templarpilled

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Sus…

Attractive ancient Greek girl: *turns 14* Zeus:

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Behold

19th century proposals for a Jewish homeland be like:

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How could they?

Emperor Charles V House of Habsburg It's obvious that the French only want war. Look how close France is to my posessions! CASTILLA GRANADA Melilla NAVARRA ARAGON CATALUÑA FLANDES ARTOIS BRAVANTE LUXEMBURGO CHAROLAIS FRANCO CONDADO VALENCIA BALEARES CERDENA Orin Bugia PAUSTRIA TIROL CARINTIA NAPOLES X SICILIA MALTA Corona de Castilla (1516) Estados de Aragón (1516) 2 Estados de Austria (1519) Estados de Borgoña (1515) Imperio Germanico(1519)

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Alex

Alexander the great Alexander the ok Alexander the meh Just alex

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The best pirate…

Emperor John V "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen." Franceso Gattilusi sailing off with the emperor's sister after capturing Constantinople for him imgflip.com

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Follow the vibrations

Siege of Vienna, 1529

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Alrighty then

Italy, you start with much more troops than Greece. Surely this offensive wil be succesful right!? Italy: NO

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