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I graduated high school before Instagram was created, and maybe that’s a good thing. Otherwise, I could've spent entire classes scrolling through accounts like The Historical Meme, laughing at the ineffectiveness of the Maginot Line instead of reading about it in my textbooks. Luckily, today I can indulge in this at 3 AM, so it doesn’t interfere with my life—yay! I invite you to join me, preferably at a more reasonable hour, to revisit what you've learned about our past (or discover it for the first time) in a refreshingly unconventional way.

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HF
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

also good for deterring the monsters under the bed

HTakeover
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they thread some silver wire through, also protects against vampires and ghosts.

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Riley Quinn
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP, you're a life saver. I use a weighted blanket, which is great in cooler weather, but very impractical in hot weather. This is the answer to my conundrum. It would still provide the weight I crave, but I won't overheat.

Traveling Lady Railfan
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I adore sleeping with my two 20lh weighted blankets in winter...I'd love to make a chainmail summer version!

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The Shark
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's some dedication... I want one!

David
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until that fateful winter night when the frayed cord on the electric blanket came in contact with the metal blanket. /j

Nikole
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight

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EJN
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But will aluminum turn a blade?

Kathy Smith
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excellent idea! Isn’t it noisy, though?

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    #2

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    Pedantic Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fridges don't need any more rest, they're always chilling.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God, feel ancient when the breakup of Yugoslavia is seen as this old.

    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only a couple of years after Berlin Wall came down, but it feels ages apart.

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    dog pride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO REST FOR OLD FRIDGES!!!!!

    lisa_l_ross58
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents had a fridge since 1958. It was still working when they sold their house in 2011

    Sharkfin6
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma has a standing fan that USED to be bright green. USED to have 4 blades. USED to not make struggling noises when it turned on. USED to only squeak a little when it oscillated. It was there when my dad was a baby, and it will outlive every single member of our family for eons, I'm sure of it.

    Sophia Athene
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need a fan to sleep and when I visit home, my mom has no comprehension when I explain why the ancient decrepit fan is worse than no fan. I have to fly to go home or I would buy one and drive it home. I offer to replace it and that's nonsense to her. I would have to steal my mom's car to buy another and that's a no-go. I had one delivered and it was put away until the old one breaks. The good news is that enough people (single daughter and grandchildren) live with her that she ok'd me staying in a hotel (she brought it up, not me, and I didn't fight her).

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    Ben Aziza
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does your fridge look like the emperor of mankind from 40K...On a good day...

    Suck it Trebek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They certainly don't build them like they used to.

    OneHappyPuppy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, not modern day fridges though...

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    To learn more about history, we contacted Howard Dorre, writer and co-host of the presidential history blog and podcast Plodding Through The Presidents, which he creates with his wife.

    "History can offer the average person a better understanding of their world, through real-life stories of conflict and triumph," Howard told Bored Panda.

    Indeed, these memes can ignite your curiosity, and that spark can continue to burn even after you're done scrolling through the list. Don't worry—you can continue your studies elsewhere.

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    #3

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    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You guys are getting bread?

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the infinite number of clowns that concern me.

    Gwen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know some of the clowns, and I too am concerned.

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    howdylee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting that they show Cleveland Browns stadium... the fans are revolting because the owners are threatening to move the stadium out of downtown Cleveland. That and they're long-suffering Browns fans...

    Tom Brincefield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The long-suffering part is understood hen referring to Browns fans. No need to repeat yourself.

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    Crouching hippo hidden panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now you have to pay through your teeth to get both too

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, we're gonna revolt. They gave us the circuses, but we're still lined up for the promised bread. And, with the distinct likelihood that Trump wins, I guarantee we will revolt.

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m scared, Riley. I voted early today. I really don’t understand how (according to the polls) it’s this close. Remember when Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and people would still support him? Arghhhhhh…

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is said that if people aren't fed in 72 hours, they will revolt, but I don't want to be the one who has to test this theory.

    ckcfpf42xm
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sport and religion are the opiates of the masses

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ".... and charge them $12 for the bread and $8 for the mead to wash it down." /j

    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if, in 2000 years, people will look at our modern arenas and tell everyone that two teams of gladiators fought to the death.

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the British are just one of the most recent of hundreds of civilisations who took things from other cultures. Everyone just hates on the British because they're still around.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They hate on the British because they are still around and still not doing enough to rectify this.

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    Lexi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Setting aside the theft of historical artefacts committed by many countries that can be seen in about 80% of the world's museums, it's still a funny meme. And yes I am from the UK

    SoMrHarris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did we slap a fake moustache on it? "Did we stal your statue? No this one is clearly different to your ones; it has a moustache"

    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have been a b***h to get it into the upper storage bin.

    Uncle Schmickle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " Oh, I say my good man, please put this into the Rolls ..... just a little trinket I picked up on my holiday to Easter Island ".

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    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. This is a project from AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the agency behind consumer goods logistics in the various military branches). They had a collaboration with major fast food brands and have three "Burger Kings Bus" and two Pizza Huts trucks deployed, as a mean for making the troops feel more at home. The trucks were deployed to Iraq in the mid-2000s during Enduring Freedom, and for a while their bus in Baghdad was the 10th best selling location for Burger King worldwide. Except that the trucks are run by volunteers, the trucks operate as any other location: burgers are paid by the consumer, the offering is a stripped down version of the usual menu, graphics and packaging are the same.

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    Kristiina Männiste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh so something similar as with the Estonian military and our tactical saunas?

    Remi (He/Him)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We should hold a tactical sauna exercises now us Finns are in nato too :)

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    B Hobbs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Who you gonna call?" "USTRANSCOM!" (United States Transportation Command provides air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense in times of peace and war)

    DowntownStevieB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually pretty cool if it's true.

    Stannous Flouride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But still fights veterans over service connected disabilities like toxic burn pits in SC, Gulf War syndrome, and Agent Orange effects.

    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you think it took so long to find bin Laden? Nobody thought to look for him in Burger King.

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    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than McDonald's, but they probably have them, too. I'd prefer a Wendy's...love their Frosty's.

    Captain Flapjack
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true but they're in the Rear far away from combat operations. I've seen portable Taco Bell also.

    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me, when I went to Washington DC we stayed in a military base because my mom had an id from when her husband was alive, near our hotel were two stores, a Burger King and a gas station sized Exchange (any military families will know what I'm talking about, those really cool malls) we survived on Burger King and Hot Pockets on that trip

    Lesbitarian Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soldiers need BK too while deployed

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    "For Americans, I think it's important to understand the Revolutionary period and the formation of our Constitutional government, the history of slavery in the United States and the events leading up to the Civil War, the Reconstruction period, and the gains for African Americans that were erased with Jim Crow, the fight against fascism during World War II, and the Civil Rights era in the 1960s," Howard Dorre said.

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Can I apply my own anaesthetic?" "Sure, knock yourself out!"

    Kalikima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That actually made me chuckle.. thanks

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being the doctor who had to tell her she was out of a job when anesthesia was invented...

    Edith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if it didn't work on first try..

    ThatBisexualB1tch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she looks like she'd probably just eat the patient if there were too many complications

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    AP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was she the inspiration for Ms. Trunchbull?

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You wouldn't want to mess with her on a dark night. Or perhaps any other night for that matter.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you're the nurse for the railroad gang but in between injuries you also hammer in the spikes.

    Birb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She would knock the living shít out of you

    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't that the woman from Amish Mafia?

    LJ North
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone know the real story behind this photo?

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the Treaty of Windsor, which creates a code of mutual protection between the two nations, and is the oldest military alliance in the world. It was born out of a similar treaty signed between France and Castile. The French wanted access to Castile's large naval fleet in their never ending wars with England, and the Castilians were interested in expanding their growing kingdom into Lusitania and the Islamic Caliphates. Basically, the Treaty of Windsor was born out of mutual fear of a common enemy. It was not actually the first or last treaty between the two nations, but the guarantees in the treaty helped solidify Portuguese independence, and established a long history of mutual defense, that still holds today. This included England's assistance to Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars, and the joint Anglo-Portuguese army that drove the French out of the Iberian Peninsula.

    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still in effect today.

    Richman “Richman” Aust
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    England also helped remove Napoleon from Spanish and Portuguese lands after they French invaded in the early 1800s. Reference "The Peninsula Wars"

    BSellen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The last alliance of elves and men.

    lwolf1952
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a really Great War, everybody wanted to join in.

    Dusty's mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you Philippa of Lancaster!

    Isabel Galvez
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet Portugal felt as happy as Professor Snape about it.

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    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bringing up the revolution again?

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could so easily have been a red flag.

    seana lammers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor pupper. Flags aren’t healthy food substitutes

    Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The post mentions the dog is blind, could be cataracts.

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    Vinny DaPooh
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    That's not the flag they normally throw up. You need to remove the blue and the red for that

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do yourself a favor, either open a book, or a reputable website, and look up General Lafayette and how he and his French military were instrumental in winning the American Revolution...the U.S.A. would not exist without the aid sent to us by the French, even as they were facing their own unrest and Revolution. There is a reason cities and towns named Lafayette, Fayetteville and Fayetteton litter the U.S. The French military were a formidable fighting force for longer than the United States has been a country. There were several reasons they surrendered, starting with they had reduced their military, because of the agreement made after WWI. Another was the tank tactics employed by the Germans. Making such silly, uninformed statements as you have just made make you look foolish and Bored Panda deserves better.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the Australians couldn't even beat the emus.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we didn't even mention Mao and his war against sparrows...

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    Terran
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, most historians don't care that much for Thermopylae. That's more a media thing.

    MsPlants
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its more about the romanticization of the Greeks and Roman culture and mythology by the western cultures. its heavily taught in our schools and the major citiy states are talk about almost longer than a lot of the early European ones in the US. The US likes to say we adopted our government from them.... However a lot of the nitty gritty details arent always right

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    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Sikhs didn’t win according to Wikipedia

    OldPandaOfficial
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't win but fighting in such an outnumbered scenario is epitome of bravery

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    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What, you mean people read more about their history than others people's history? SHOCKING!!!

    Rastilabo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A small nation off the top of the school map asking the Soviet Union to brush feet

    Stimpy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    historians don't care so much for the "300" story because it is highly doubtful that it is true. only pop culture cares for it...

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We also have Rorke's Drift and the Siege of Jadotville.

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    1 year ago

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    Mrx Mrx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also Lachhiman Gurung, the Gurkha soldier who in 1945 single-handedly (because his other hand was blown off by a granade) defeated a 200 men strong Japanese battalion and killed 31 enemy soldiers.

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    justagirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nah bro Valhalla has a giant cow creature to be slaughtered and resurrect every day. do you see a giant cow creature? WELL DO YA

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    Paul P.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like the ham was on sail that day.

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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you ask for a charcuterie plate and the best man says he knows a guy.

    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a second I thought it was talking about some ship the Vikings brought into battle to have meat for the warriors

    Uncle Schmickle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like more of a salmonella ship.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SO MANY opportunities for ship related puns, and instead of warship, friendship, hardship etc we get a wedding cake diss. *sigh*

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    DaisyBee
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, your ancestors were! - Sincerely, the Irish

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww thank you for your kind words Daisy!

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    Marianne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily, I'm German, so I don't have to wonder...

    Isabel Galvez
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a sketch from "Mitchell and Webb Look" and he's playing a German soldier. 😬

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every western European power was trying to do the same thing. We were just better at it, that's all.

    Lewis KR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's mostly that Britain industrialised first

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    Hidalgo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Empires are pretty evil by definition, including the current ones

    Pandamonium Pandas Pandie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    america: come live here and be free! also America: but if you are any color other than white you r slave -usa, 1920

    Ariadne Toms
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Until yesterday anyway...not even an illusions of freedom now. Why would a democratic country voluntarily choose a dictator? Is Kamala really THAT bad?

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    dog pride
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesh and America (edit for spelling)

    Lara Verne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, if you study history hard enough, you will probably find that every nation has done something not very nice

    Graf666Orlok
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL!!! Awwwwwwww. Im sorry, were your ancestors bad at war?

    n75mk9nk2n
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every hero is someone's villain, and vice-versa. No one's perfectly good or perfectly evil.

    Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal
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    Please tell me which British colonizer is a hero, seriously. British people should be regretting their mistakes and working towards learning from them, like the Germans. Actually, all colonizer countries should be doing what Germany does

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    The Darkest Timeline
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has anyone ever heard of a benevolent superpower? It’s like looking for a billionaire that makes it their mission to end poverty and actually puts their money where their mouth is.

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recently saw someone doing this on the lake where I live. He was on a paddleboard holding what looked like bat wings. It was a windy day, so he was getting some good air I guess. :)

    dog pride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't be mad at someone for trying

    Nimitz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure when it comes to Axis powers, you can definitely be mad at them for trying

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    Katherine Bridgerton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this guy just invented Mary Poppins paddle boarding

    OneHappyPuppy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really made me snort laugh this one

    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IT would make more sense with a sailboat in the back...

    Chewie Baron
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    He got the trains running on time. And gave Prada inspiration for a few collections every now and then.

    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The train thing is mostly BS though.

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    Michael None
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the people of Italy loved it. Just as the people of Germany loved their guy. Fascism was new and exciting and the thought of never having to worry about choice again seemed enticing.

    Pandarosa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me you've never met an Italian without telling me you've never met an Italian....

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    Roger9er
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He does look like he came straight from that era, though!

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans be like: but he's white? (Mention 1936 Olympics to an American, and we all immediately think of Jesse Owens.)

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    Anthorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As one memelord once said: Hitler would 100% make out with this guy if Hitler was still alive. (Don't downvote me please...)

    dan gerene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully his reincarnation loses tomorrow. And he would make out with him too, then give him 130,00 Deutsche Marks to keep quiet.

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Germans have this annoying habit of marching into Paris, you know?

    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like the old joke went, “Why did they plant trees on the Champs-Elysee? So the Germans could march in the shade. “

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    Marianne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's kind of unfair to associate him with that, just because he is blonde and fit.

    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is also a very 1986-esque East German Female Swimmer physique...

    Moo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a coincidence, I'm reading Boys in the Boat right now, and it's about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, as well as my university :))

    Katherine Bridgerton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Tonight I have beaten a great champion. If he dies, he dies".

    Ray LeBlanc
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is obviously a time traveller. The sticker on his boat gives him away.

    Betta Fish
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks like Ryan Guldemond!

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pictured: DJ Francis Drake rapping like there is no tomorrow

    On the right side of the turf
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not until Horatio Nelson took it to a whole new level & turned a blind eye to go for a straight on attack

    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those 16-pounders ain't the only things spitting fire!

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Gonna cap your mast with the chains attached to my nine inch balls"

    Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The British would never dain to lower themselves to say "they be".

    tee-lena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I laughed way too hard at this

    Cassidy Moore
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    seeing pirate ships triggers my One Piece obsession 🙂↕️

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    #15

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    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tea drinking came to England in 1650, but because it was expensive, didn't become the most popular drink in England until the early 19th century. It took oolong time.

    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, when I think tea I think Britain but then I forget about the entirety of Asia who invented the damg drink

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But are Brits really tea drinkers? Considering the amount of milk and sugar they add, they could be drinking puddle water and wouldn't know the difference. That's like someone saying they're going to Starbucks for a coffee and walking out with a Java Chip Frappuccino or a Pumpkin Spice Latte.

    Victor Botha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends who you've drunk tea with. My experience is no sugar and a drop of milk, then another friend likes milky sweet tea. You can't really generalise. Same as American beer. Some of it is like having sex in a canoe because it's fücking close to water. Other beers are absolutely wonderful.

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    Pyla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give me the plant? Give me the land it's grown on.

    Nicola Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think opium might have had the edge at the time.

    justagirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WALLE! YES! Well. Technically...BOOOO AUTO BOOOOOOO

    Bongokittycat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tea was very expensive when it first came to the UK and for many, many years after, that's why most of the early tea caddies had locks on them so servants and the such couldn't steal the tea. Tea has always been popular here in the UK, I'm a coffee drinker myself but I swear my 77 year old mum drinks my share! Lol! 😂

    AnnaB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Britain: You're welcome

    G A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ireland drinks more tea per head than UK. Or did until recently. Personally I can't stand it. Or coffee.

    Tom Brincefield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least this time, when the Brits stole it, they shared it with everyone.

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She didn't know at the time... and when she started to know, it was way too late.

    Freya the Wanderer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her notebooks are still radioactive, and if you want to examine them you have to sign a disclaimer stating you understand all the risks.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since the Reply button is missing due to all the downvotes, I'll put my response to Irene here. Wow Irene, pulling the maternal card on Curie. Notice you didn't mention Pierre, the other parent. Ironically, THEIR daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie followed her mother's scientific interests and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this one is less funny because Marie Curie was one of the main scientists responsible for us knowing "we should be careful with this radiation stuff". It didn't stop us from using fluoroscopes in doctors' offices and shoe stores long after her death, but it was a big clue.

    Kay
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes let's remember she was born in Poland... Where she couldn't go to university and would have never won her two Nobels if she didn't emigrate to France!

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    Tom Brincefield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only mother and daughter to both win a Nobel. Both in Chemistry, 1911 and 1935.

    Isabel Galvez
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recommend you to read "The radium girls". Everyone knew by then and these poor girls died horribly.

    jon gilbertson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serious 'Repo Man'' vibe in that picture

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    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was killed, it was the war that ended the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Help I accidentally built a house? 🤣

    OldPandaOfficial
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is no one talking about specifically the last one 😂 someone might feel that... someone we know

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m questioning the other results as well

    OneWithRatsAndKefir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s that game where you have to guess the most searched Google results? Because my guess for this one is ‘Help I accidentally invaded Liechtenstein’. (:D)

    MsPlants
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok this is so dang good! also Help I accidently joined the Liechtenstein army.

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    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha. I just tried this in Google. My top three results were built a jeep, summoned a lemon, summoned Elmo.

    AussieTolkein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you just hate it when this happens? I did it just the other week, it was such a bother.

    Probably Legal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Donald Trump: “wimp! I’m not even trying to make it look like an accident!”

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    #18

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    Legendbird
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I know I'm not getting shot in Norway.

    Gunnar Strandt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im older than 36 an still alive🤷‍♂️....who's laughing now Karl?

    Stimpy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    to be honest, I do not think Karl XII did all of that entirely on his own, also ...

    Winnie the Moo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like: ‘Mom, can you CALL the doctor’s office to make an appointment for me?’ 🤣

    Marketable
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're a disgrace and always will be, but your helicopter mommy forever has faith that you'll blossom soon - but only if she carries you there.

    Hidalgo
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    He did little of it. His generals and soldiers did the work

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    tee-lena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn. I had hoped he died of advanced venereal disease.

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    Sindhuja
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. Calling Native Americans Indian annoys me so much, as an Indian myself

    Moonie Pinkslip
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He woulda been better than the Brits finding us

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that it's been revealed that Columbus was Sephardic Jew, maybe the American Italians will stop whinging about his statues being removed.

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't Russia and Germany have a plan to split Poland between them like Russia and america did to Germany?

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    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every treaty made with the indigenous tribes of North America.

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of the treaties signed between the Native Americans and the various colonists... British, French, United States...

    Miki
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glow sticks, pinatas, fireworks, fortune cookies, safety seals on bottles..... Should I continue?

    Liz Butt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every single car or Chinese gadget ever made

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    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Neil Diamond wrote a song about him. /J Su, Suleiman Sulei, sulei, Suleiman God of my want, want, want Lord of my need, need, need Leading me on, on, on On to the woman, she dance for the sun

    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶SuSuSuleiman🎶. Phil Collins

    xolitaire
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is this a de Niro/de Faro thing?

    S. Courtefois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suleiman the Casual looks just like Pierre Niney!!

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone: "Tanks can't cross the Ardennes!" - Heinz Guderian: "Halt mal kurz mein Bier"

    Michelle Carlson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even speak German and I know what that means. LOL

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    Becky Samuel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Astonishing quantities of drúgs were involved in the Blitzkrieg. In fact, the German forces and Hitler consumed vast amounts of 'substances' throughout WWII.

    Liz Butt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fence is coming soon. The council spent the money earmarked for this on last year's new year's eve party.

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many things about that war seem dumb now but who, back then, could imagine what the Germans would do. It's was one craziness after another.

    Katherine Bridgerton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well darn it, I guess we will just turn around.

    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha, Duning Krueger of history!! They are so convince this make sense!

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure that the problem here is that you don't understand what you're responding to.

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    jon gilbertson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw the hexagons and wanted to roll a 1d6 to see their next move.

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "When ze rockets go up, vho cares vhere zey come down...That's not mein department!"

    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He probably would have been severely punished for war crimes if he wasn't useful for america.

    Kathy L
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was punished by having to live in Alabama. Let this be a warning.

    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a real quote though. It's just a line from a 1960 movie ("I aim for the stars")

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hardly any of the V1/V2 hit where they were intended to.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess the primary objectives weren't military ones. 🫤

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    K- THULU
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I know...... one took out my mum's street in the 40s.....

    G A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have been shot. US expediency saved him. Shame on them.

    Michael None
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's just forget all those war crimes and go to the moon instead.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very similar to Netanyahu's attitude on Gaza.

    Richard Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heh heh heh, good one, Wernher! It's funny because you were a murderer.

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    der sebbl
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those who don't know: after WW1, Germany started to design new tanks, which they weren't allowed to because of the Versailles treaty. To disguise that, they stated that they were building tractors ( don't ask me why that worked)

    Mike Crow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their first tanks were not good but they were not intended for actual combat. They were made provide training for the factory workers and the troops.

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    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And tanks are called that because in WW1 the British wanted to keep the idea a secret and named them because they thought they looked a bit like water tanks.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Wow, flying gliders really became popular after we banned you from having any air force"

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    Crouching hippo hidden panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We celts are known for our self deprecating sense of humour

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do agree on the chin, the magnificent brow ridge and even more magnificent mustache. Not to mention the cool necklace! ☝️

    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was a German figure 🤔.

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the hardest things about English is that Celts is pronounced with k. That's so hard to accept.

    Roni Stone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even harder to figure out here in America.

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    Jason C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Head looks like delicious shortbread cookie

    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are we sure that's not just Pedro Pascal?

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    #27

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Germans had a similar experience too...

    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hitler tried as well. He looked up to Napoleon, and made exactly the same mistake. The Russian winter is not something easily beaten.

    Max Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fact, Napoleon's army died because it was a relatively mild winter and they got bogged down in the mud and died of disease.

    Lara Verne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what you get when you're trying to invade Russia during winter.

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    Tom Brincefield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In terms of total air power, the US Navy is second in power to the US Air Force. 3rd is Russia, with the US Army and the US Marine Corp rounding out the top 5.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    US Military spending has been out of control for decades. One less aircraft carrier and we could give free school lunch for every kid in the country for over a decade.

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    lisa_l_ross58
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad the world can't live in peace then we wouldn't have to waste money on all this shift.

    Graf666Orlok
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    1 year ago

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    No such thing as "overpowered" when it comes to defense.

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When a significant percentage of your country's population are poor and homeless while your government rules the world with the highest defense budget in human history, I would consider that overpowered.

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    ken kuzenski
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    1 year ago

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    pardon speech to text. is this person actually saying the British Navy was overpowered when it ruled the Western world for generations? what constitutes overpowered in that situation? perhaps this person should take a few political history classes.

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    Crystal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So cruel! Ironically it was apparently Canada that passed laws to ban liquor first, then USA followed while Canada repealed decision. Canadian bootleggers got rich after that. 😁

    Pandarosa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the love of Supergrover, please NEVER post that pic again BP. Yuk.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is Ellen DeGeneres an Irish immigrant?

    DaisyBee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn’t bother me, I don’t drink!

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you only care about things that affect you personally at this point in time? That’s a bit myopic, no?

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    cj be like
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesus pete davidson's looking rough these days

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    Marja Berisa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey hey hey, he tried but we fought back! - Finland -

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finland was part of Russia for over a century.... but ironically NOT during the Soviet era.

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    Abdullah Abd Rahman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The British colonialists were like that - pretending to be friends with the damned natives while taking over their lands.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On a personal note: a good acquaintance told me to stop talking while he was in my flat! He's now dead to me.

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's dead, but Putin has channeled his spirit lately.

    Heba Shawky
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This guy takes the cake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

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    M O'Connell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This did an excellent job of fooling aerial reconnaissance at the time. A lot of vehicle identification comes from looking at the shadows a vehicle casts on the ground.

    Kyllein MacKellerann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch out when he "blows his horn" at you...

    Legendbird
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That genuinely fooled me for a bit.

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, I knew a girl in college who admired Stalin. Told her that if he were in power, she'd very likely be designated an enemy of the state due to being in college.

    MisterE
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same people that say the US should be communist or hardcore socialist. Go speak with people that escaped those oppresive countries or better yet, go live there for a few years and tell me how you like it.

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    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone that read the book Animal Farm last year and rereading it this year, yeah no stop loving him, he was just like Hitler, pretended to be good at first and then became one of the worst dictators in history

    Evagating Beewolf (she/they)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not quite. There's a lot less evidence he was trying to destroy a people group. Horrible person, absolutely. Genocidal - as hitler implies - is a subject of much dispute, unlike Hitler, which is a subject of much dispute if you're arguing with a nazi.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stalin was a tyrant. He sacrifised millions and sent his own son to be tortured in one of his gulags.

    Sand Ers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What he wasn’t was a communist. He simply leveraged it to seize power. If the path to absolute power was to become a priest, he would have done that.

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    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The people who admire Che Guevara. They should really look into all he did.

    Bill Kubeck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the same today as Trump was elected by a very large group of people who have no idea what he plans to do to them.

    Zaach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a sweatshirt that had the tag "Joe Stalin Red - a harsh, uncompromising red"

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was once a college student...I did not like Stalin...piled him in with Hitler, Mussolini, and Pol Pot. However, I feel like perhaps not all students' intelligence is "created" equal. There will always be stupid students....only now they have megaphones called social media.

    Grace Note
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stalin is the sort of bloke it's easy to admire untill you learn anything about him. Anything at all. He was very handsome in his youth. Google images Joseph Stalin 1902. Still a wrong 'un but a good looking one.

    Nicky
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Joseph Stalin... MAGAotts... People who know history....

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Belgium: "I had one colony but I did some of the worst things out of all of you."

    Nicola Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Images of Leopold II and his victims appear on twitter regularly and deeply hurt every time I see them. Other barbarians are available.

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    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    List of the Queen's territories: This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it.

    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, the former British Empire.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it still 'cultural appropriation' if the only reason you adopted their culture was because they enslaved you and forced you to? /j

    Robert Trebor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Brits did give the most new countries opportunities to have independence days.

    Hidalgo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Britain followed the Roman system of colonization. US follows the Athenian model. One requires direct control and invasion, the other requires tribute and co-option. In actuality UK and most of Western World are US colonies in the Athenian model

    ken kuzenski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ask the people of the Philippines how they felt about America's beneficent enlightened "Athenian" colonial policy. ask the Navajo or the Apache about the same thing.

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boomers had to deal with all of the sh*t that happened afterwards so cut them some f*c*i*g slack modern hate culture!

    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If by "deal with" you mean "take everything worth having and close all the doors behind them" and "ruined the environment" then sure, you're right.

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    Andi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah boomers, what have they done for us, apart from legalising homosexuality, women's rights, equal pay, abortion and the pill, overturning mortgage rules so women can own houses without a mans guarantee, rock and roll, social protest, festivals, employment rights and a relaxation of social conventions and the acceptance of individuality; apart from that nothing.... ok so there are still issues but they started the whole thing.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a boomer. I was 19 when the Falklands happened and 29 when the first Gulf War happened. Okay, so I didn't go - too cold, then too hot. We also had to live with constant IRA threats, a 3 day week, miners' strikes, punk rock and a lot of other hassle. It's been far from peaceful.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GenX here. Real threat of nuclear war was kinda a bummer. Seventies had record inflation ( mortgages were double digits ). Women could not get credit cards in their name. Environment was effed ( ozone, love canal ). Every generation can point to struggles. I do agree that economically , this genetation is getting a raw desl, but i am hoping its gets rectified like it was in the past . I am also hoping that climate change is realised as the threat that it is and fixed, like the ozone.

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    Phil Green
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a baby boomer; been involved in four different wars, lived through impending nuclear threats, done good things, been through two global depressions....

    Show thyself
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Personally I feel as if the word "boomer" lost it's original meaning (nameing the generation) and just switched to be used as a slur against everybody older than 30y - I can't remember how often I myself and others were called "boomer" (once b/c I asked if the seat, with the backpack on it, is taken‽). My parents are late "boomers", born 1964 & 1965. They worked their asṣes off to provide for us and, yes, they managed to buy a house. Which is payed fully next year, after 25 years. No, it wasn't easy for most the ones in that generation. Everyone from every generation deserves some respect (as long as they are respectfull), even without a war, a depression or whatever disgusting/tragic situations they lived in - one may exclude the ones who caused said situation.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If nothing else, we were raised to abide austere times.

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lighten up and stop the name calling and ageism. None of us gets out of this alive 😟

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All boomers were and are not the same. So, do all of the younger millennials who voted for the cheetolini this time round (a most destructive, unsavory boomer, to be sure) represent that generation? If so, wait and see how much that orange menace is going to f*ck things up and congratulate yourselves for enabling it to happen.

    Ormond Otvos
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both wars were caused by ethno-nationalism..maga.

    Bill Kubeck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too true. My parents lived through the Depression and served in WWII. My father especially suffered life in a POW camp for most of it. I'm still trying to fix their mistakes as PTSD-driven parents.

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    The spooky explanation
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Istanbul not Constantinople, yeah it's Istanbul not Byzantium

    Tropical Tarot
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why'd they change it? I can't say. People just liked it better that way.

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    Uncle Schmickle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Constantinople was the main centre of the Byzantine empire, aka Roman empire, Eastern division.

    Lyuben Petkov
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bizantium is the original Thracian name

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think the only people that call it different things are history professors when referring to different times.

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you applying for a position that involves two lanterns, a horse and a loud voice?

    Pati G
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it's for the new administration for USA

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No powdered wig? How unprofessional!

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr Auntriarch says it's not formal enough for interviews

    Graf666Orlok
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if you are applying for journeyman silver smith.

    Mr.Li
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well dress for the job you want

    Pieter LeGrande
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better dress like the occupant of the next step up in the hierchary.

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The selected candidate will be chosen by dueling. Good luck to all!

    Kyllein MacKellerann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, the boots are wrong, wear white stockings and low pumps instead.

    char
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yoooo, my gf works at a colonial-themed ice cream shop and she literally dresses like that to work :DDDD

    Katherine Bridgerton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if you are auditioning for Hamilton.

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you applying to be an actor in Historic Williamsburg?

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    FreeTheUnicorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hawaii was unified in 1795 but it was independent for 800 years or so before that. By culture, language and customs, Hawaii was a country long before European maps designated it as such. If we applied the same metrics to Hawaii as contemporary European "countries" , Hawaii was a country a lot longer than. 103 years.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not 800 years, while around 800 the first settlements were built there, the first signs of an independent culture and self rule there by the Kanak people was around 1450 or so.

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    Kyllein MacKellerann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the case of Texas, the belief they are still an "Independant Country" persists today.

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's see then, North America was a collection of independent indigenous nations for how many thousand years until the European white folks came, "discovered America", and then decided it was theirs. As for Texas (BTW I am a born Texan), it might be optimal to let them secede from the US because with global warming continuing and thoroughly rejected by most Texans as a theory because it threatens the oil industry, that property will be a literal hell in years to come so let them have total responsibility for it.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And with our help TEXAS WILL BE FREE AGAIN! #FreeTexas!

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't let the door hit you in the a*s on the way out...

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    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wyoming and Utah always look like two rectangles that overlapped and Wyoming won the overlapping corner

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't fool me! Wyoming isn't a REAL state. Think about it. Have you ever met anyone from Wyoming? Has there ever been a movie or TV show set in Wyoming? Have you ever heard of a band from Wyoming? Nah. Wyoming isn't real and neither are the birds.

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    Holly Marley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact, in 2018 Utah Governor Herbert had minor surgery and needed to be put under anesthesia, so the lt governor was governor for two hours. In those two hours he issued several joking declarations, like making his hometown the (honorary) state capital. The best of these was a declaration request-demanding the missing corner be returned by Wyoming, so Utah could finally be part of the rectangle state club. It was a funny, and lighthearted moment. https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/957059029704085506?t=EmnvTHx6gPwUfkuqHyK7Og&s=19

    Weirdo with Internet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They got tired drawing the lines about halfway through

    Jessica Shookhoff
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but we got the Rockies so it's a'right...

    This panda says ur worth it
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Math teachers: for the purposes of this exercise assume that the cat is cubicle

    char
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    don't forget Kansas and the Dakotas :D

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obscure fun fact(s): 49 states have at least one straight line segment along their border. I think that Hawaii has no straight line segments since it has no borders with other states. The distances between some of the islands is enough that those islands should be separated by international waters, but I can't find a source about it and I'm skeptical about the US government's adherence to accepted rules on the limits of territorial limits. There are exactly zero states that are rectangular. Untitled-6...585c6d.jpg Untitled-6729371585c6d.jpg

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    Nea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone help me wiyth this one?

    Annik Perrot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it alludes to the fact that many nazis fled to Argentina (and other South-American countries) when the 3rd Reich fell. There are quite à few people there with blond hair and German-sounding names.

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    Caroline Lovejoy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the explanation is that after world war II many nazis fled to South America particularly Argentina. So that's where many of the white/german people in Argentina come from

    Mash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The picture shows a man with dark hair.

    Graham Berry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its complicated but the comic book character being shown has a alien background story that was meant to be a analogy of Nazi xenophobia and supremacy. He then hid on earth and doesn't tell his son about his past until the boy comes of age.

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    What A Day
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    many nazis were hiding in argentina these are their offspring

    Lyuben Petkov
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a mountain town in Patagonia - San Carlos de Bariloche - build in Swiss alpine style and full of German residents...

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    Indosidius
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You forgot South Africa. The 50 000 white women and children that died under terrible conditions in concentration camps. And the 100 000's more African natives that also died in similar camps that no record was kept off, except for the skeletons in the mass Graves....

    Heba Shawky
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the land the Brits gave the Jews, that was not theirs in the first place and is the root of all the massacres that has been taking place in the middle east since 1948 till today

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    Pandamonium Pandas Pandie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read harry Truman as Harriet tubman 4 some reason?

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Historical Fact: When FDR passed away, Truman had no idea the Manhattan Project existed. He was told the next day and it was a week later before he was fully briefed about it. The secrecy of the Manhattan Project was so good, even the VP didn't know. Somehow thanks to Klaus Fuchs, Stalin already knew though.

    Kyllein MacKellerann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the whole world can still hear the sound of that Kaboom in their nightmares

    ken kuzenski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pardon speech to text. this is moronically short-sighted. the decision to use the bomb was anguished over in the highest levels of government. you think the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki thought it was funny to use the word kaboom? for shame on you.

    A_UserHere
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dark Humor: Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

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    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happens frequently to very flat countries with no natural geographical borders.

    Lewis KR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy to conquer = difficult to defend

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    Francois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be correct, France did not invade Poland; Polish lands were ruled by Russia at that time and Napoleon actually created the Duchy of Warsaw for the Poles who supported him.

    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    History meme are mostly false, they rarely have something useful to convey.

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    Strahd Ivarius
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't remember France invading Poland? unless you are referring to the Henri who was elected king of Poland and who fled to become Henri II of France instead?

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poland was pretty much the lawn to cross before knocking on Russia's door, back when Napoleon was doing the knocking (I'm guessing). The technicalities are debatable (conquering vs. liberating) but I think since the lawn in question was definitely not French at the time and he was coming uninvited and with an army in tow the "invading" part does stand.

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    Liz Butt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of history is littered with stories of countries being invaded by other countries. There is no such thing as a native of any country. Not even America or Australia. From what I have read, we all came from Africa at one stage or other.

    Max Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except that, for a few centuries, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the wealthiest, and most influential country in Europe and the world.

    Frank Baeyens
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    goodness, looks very much like Belgium...

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no good war without the territory of Poland, my history teacher said. My ancestors must have envied countries like Portugal so hard.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sacha Baron Cohen. He will always get an upvote from me. One of the best satirists of all time.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When he got an entire bar singing "Throw the Jew down the well", I almost died. Good white x-tians of the American heartland have ZERO self awareness.

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    Cuppa tea?
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, because Poland during the centuries ruled over the northern parts of Slovakia. But we like each other despite the language jokes. Or maybe because of them.

    BeefCowJr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignorant American here! What's the dealio with Poland and Slovakia?

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slovakia attacked Poland in 1939 together with the Germans.

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But before the end of WW II re-joined Czech Republic to make Czechoslovakia again.

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being well-fed is evil capitalism. Therefore, we shall stay hungry, comrades!

    Limey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the point of this one is that they store missiles in silos.

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    M O'Connell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh! Those are silos! Silos are for the storage of silage, not grain!

    Tom Brincefield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That will come as a huge shock to the people that store grain in silos all over the Midwest USA.

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    Ellinor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My great-grandfather was living in the region of Lorraine during WW2. History class became really weird when my teacher asked us to talk about our families' experiences in the war...

    Laura ballam
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serbia committed genocide in the former Yugoslavia in the 90s against muslims in the Balkans. See Srebrenica massacre. Many Serbians today still stand by the actions of Serbia at the time. Its a complicated situation that I am heavily simplifying (so people don't get mad).

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    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father's family, along with the whole Polish village, moved to Yugoslavia during the war. What a crazy story.

    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was an odd feeling to me when I had a ww2-class at uni because during the introducing round so the teacher had a teeny tiny chance of atarting to learn our names we also had to say why we were interested in this topic. There were MANY whose great grandparent(s) had been in the resistance. And then there was me with a great grandparent who volunteered to the German Army in 1941. 😬 I felt a bit alone with that. lol.

    stella rossa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Benjamin Netanyahu is an angel?

    Abdullah Abd Rahman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There must be an Israeli flag in that bus

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    OldPandaOfficial
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with that Greek in Magadha (India) 😂

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    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah what about France? We literally have a friendship bracelet with France, they have the Eiffel tower and they gave us the Statue of Liberty

    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Blackpool Tower has entered the chat.

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    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Part of what caused the French revolution was France funding the American revolution to get back at Britain, expecting to be rewarded for it, then getting ignored

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the France/GB labels are the wrong way round.

    n75mk9nk2n
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've been at war with France once, and only because we were British at the time. As long as America has been America, we've been to war with Britain twice and France never. In fact, we wouldn't exist if not for France.

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    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The French helped pay for the Revolution in the US. Figured it would keep the British busy for a while.

    Barry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canada would like a word

    HurlWurk
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, Vietnam was us trying to help out the French and getting screwed by them

    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, but our oldest friend is Morocco.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Britain has really good curry now though. Let the past stay in the past, I love a biryani.

    Nea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add so many more countries’ map.

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    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Portuguese end-ran the Ottoman Empire by methodically discovering the route around Africa into the Indian Ocean. The Spanish tried to one-up them by heading west around the globe instead. They didn't appreciate how far it was at the time or know that there was a whole other continent in the way.

    Lewis KR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the Ottoman flag. Europe pretty much lost access to the Silk Road after 1453 when the Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish people would step away from the idea that the U.S. president is the cause of all good or bad that happens during their tenure.

    Jonni Schneider
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. They don't have nearly the overwhelming power some would like you to believe.

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    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its a myth he did nothing. He did no new regulations, but also removed many bad regulations, lowered tariffs and slashed taxes on those lowest income brackets by 50-75% leading to a consumer spending binge (also reduced the highest income brackets by 30-50%, and removed govt fees around investment to encourage them to put their wealth in the economy, creating a manufacturing and farming boom), and much more. He is considered "do nothing" because he removed a lot of bad regulations, old WW1 restrictions still on the books, and more, but didnt put in new regulations or taxes.

    Kathy L
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That....doesn't sound good, for the long run.

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    alaina66
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks to me like "Giga Chad"! XO <3

    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And almost immediately after...

    Chewie Baron
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    Is that Calvin Coolidge?

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    Nea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Himalayas 🧡 One of the best parts of being an Indian is to be able to visit the most beautiful hills in the world and call them mine 🙂🙂

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    Glasofruix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know he died at the end?

    Abel
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I try to run right now a 1% of a marathon distance I would die.For sure.

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    veryvenasaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of funny that this guy died running a distance and then we named a sport where we run that distance after the event and celebrate him by flexing that we can do it without dying.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would have been more impressive if he'd dressed up as a rhino.

    HF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "what is your message, messenger?" "Get to the choppa!"

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Predator does not approve this post.

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    George Costanza
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Way more men run marathons run now than just one messenger 1500 years ago. Silly comment.

    Hidalgo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was only two marathons, separated by a rest period. Modern people, including me run ultra marathons of 75 miles or more

    Pedantic Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not quite, "He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days, and then ran back. He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) to the battlefield near Marathon and back to Athens" , would have been very tricky terrain too. Probably fought in the battle before hand also.

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    BatPhace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought this was the reference for "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" because if they had looked in the Trojan horse's mouth they would've seen the soldiers inside? Later (far later than I would like to admit, really) I learned that it has more to do with horse teeth than the Trojan horse 🤣🤣

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    Mike Crow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stalin, Putin, same thing.

    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are documentaries on the gulags. They're morbidly fascinating. I would kill myself before being put in one.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Does it suddenly smell like treason in here?"

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    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When they arrived they had the bible and we had the land. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them we had the bible and they had the land. (Paraphrased from a post imperial African leader, don't remember which one)

    Brandie Litchfield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We will steal all of your pagan celebrations and traditions, even the dates of your pagan holidays, since the masses cannot read the Bible to see there is no Easter bunny or yule traditions mentioned in there! Then we will tell them that pagans are evil, even though they are celebrating the cycles of the seasons and nature! Mwahaha!" (Ex: the spring equinox is called Ostara, a goddess of fertility, whose representative animal is the quickly reproducing rabbit and her symbol is the egg, all to ask the earth to bless them with bountiful crops in the spring, an animals they can raise, so their families will not starve . There's obviously more detailed nuances to the pagan celebrations and offerings to the gods and goddesses and their reasons for celebrating the seasons, but that's the most simplistic version...however, this is why the traditions of our holidays that religion has falsely claimed are linked to their God, isn't mentioned in any Bible.)

    Vivian McBride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No better or worse than other missionaries.

    Sand Ers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you implying that there a good missionaries?

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    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kinda wish more Christians acted like Catholics back then, they didn't force religion but instead mixed traditions, Halloween is All Saints day eve, Christmas literally has Christ in it but Jesus was born in the spring, Easter pretty self explanatory, these holidays aren't just Christian holidays nor just pagan holidays but mixes of both, nowadays it's "accept Jesus or else" (saying this as a Christian)

    Montanavanna
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, kind of. We can call it that looking with 2024 eyes. However, it was the appropriation and distortion of pagan traditions into Christian traditions that was used to erase paganism as a valid religion.

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like "The war to kick off another one"

    Freya the Wanderer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some historians have suggested that there were actually several world wars before the Great War, which later received the retronym World War I.

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Polish leader, Pilsudski, realised he failed and Poland would be attacked in another war. He died in 1935. People did know another war was coming.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    World War III coming soon to end the trilogy, and the planet.

    Graham_Illegal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try to define a 'World War', and you'll soon realize it might already be happening. The West has simply outsourced it to the Global South, much like we did with manufacturing and pollution.

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American history no doubt

    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US wasn't the only country in the Roaring 20s

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    Sand Ers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The failure of the Maginot line was political, not military. If it had been feasible to extend it along the Belgian border to the coast, things might have turned out very differently. Or if Belgium and the Netherlands had built their own legs. I don’t know where Luxembourg would have fit.

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I posted something about this earlier.

    ken kuzenski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is astonishingly short-sighted. let me suggest strongly that whoever comes up with nonsense like this actually try reading a few history books.

    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The downvote prove these kind of people are many... Unfortunately, that's when you get when you base your whole history knowledge on memes... This Maginot line critic is sooooo oversimplified and wrong.

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    Miki
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Twice. Because they will no do the same trick twice ;)

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    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Choose the one with food.

    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Choose the one that doesn't kill it's own people.

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    Lewis KR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is supposed to show the choice in 1950, not today

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    K- THULU
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was the choice they gave Australia......( last time we had conscription ... all birthdates put in a barrel if you win, you fight)

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a third button: "Leave"

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spoiler alert: Mehmet II already had cannons. The walls didn't last long :P

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Biramı tutup seyret!"

    Multa Nocte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did Constantine drink beer because I am fairly sure that Mehmet II didn't. ;-)

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    Wingsofwrath
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, that's the problem, you must have gotten confused, that's not your bae, that's the Byzantine empire circa 1250...

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's LEFT of the Byzantine empire after the Venetians sacked Constantinople and before the Palaiologos restoration.

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    Kalikima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get it, I think.. but it's not funny..

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    JimSteve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The German armed forces were the most technologically advanced for the entire of the 2nd world war. They just couldn't compete with the allies' production capacity

    HurlWurk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a common false concept. The French had the most technically advanced tanks at the start of the war, but for to political mismanagement, they were used incorrectly or not at all. The US and Britain both developed tanks as or more advanced than the Germans, but scrapped them for being impractical. Had Germany stuck with the panzer IV and StuG, they would have lasted a lot longer. Hitler's insistence on larger tanks cost them too much operationally to field and maintain, nevermind the fact that they had lost too much manufacturing by the end of the war too support them.

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    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We didn't prepare for a war, so when the German soldiers crossed the border it came as a shock to most. A few border guards (iirc) started to fight the Germans but found it to be impossible and soon after, the Danish army was told to just let the Germans pass. And that is the beginning of the debate if Denmark cooporated with Nazi Germany or if we were actually occupied. In my personal opinion we were occupied but had to do some degree of cooporation with the Germans because we had basically zero military force. But I cannot be 100% sure as it has been decades since I was acyually interested in 2ww.

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    Alex Ruddies
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile Norwegians with fish oil bombs...

    Rastilabo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9th_(film) . Still, the Madsen LMG was assembled of assorted malfunctions.

    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as they had William H. Macy from Wild Hogs, they'd be all right. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to not have a civil war should be required learning.

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    Freya the Wanderer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The running joke about the Holy Roman Empire is it was not an empire, nor Roman, nor Holy.

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    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1939, not 1940. Do Americans really thin the war in Europe only started when they were forced to join in?

    DE Ray
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not exactly showing your historical prowess either. The US wasn't in the war until 1941.

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    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, yes, 'neutral' Switzerland hiding all that stolen gold for the Nazis.

    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, Bornholm was occupied by the sovjets until 1946. So the war, at least for the inhabitants of this isle, did not end in 1945.

    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spain being neutral in the 20th Century always makes me laugh considering what they were up to in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries.

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To us, Poles, the war started on 1 September 1939. In several documentaries I heard the World War started two days later when the UK and France joined in. And I guess it's right. The first two days it's was just between two countries.

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    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He wasn't running, that was the point.

    Mary
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the point was he was just standing there

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