50 Of The Funniest And Most Accurate History Memes Shared By This Instagram Account (New Pics)
History is an excellent source for pop culture to milk. The Assassination Of Jesse James, Schindler's List, Apollo 13; just ask Hollywood. So it's no wonder the subject has provided us with countless hilarious memes, too. And the aptly-titled Instagram account 'History In Memes' is sharing all the best ones!
Featuring figures and events from virtually all periods of our past, it invites people to take a look at what has happened from a different and funny perspective. Continue scrolling to check out its best recent posts and when you're done, fire up our first publication on it here. Enjoy!
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Michael Collins is a legend! It's so sad though that everybody remembers Neil+ buzz more than him. He stayed on the ship so they could have a safe way home! Such a good guy
You know that famous picture Collins took of Buzz and Armstrong on the moon with the earth behind right? He told his daughter it was a picture of every single person except him. Makes me tear up to think of that.
Load More Replies...i know what he actually said will always be immortalized, but that one would have been better.
And worldwide panic would've ensued. Some people would still be saying that it wasn't a joke.
To learn more about why these memes are so popular, we contacted Dr. Constantina Katsari, who has a Ph.D. in economic history and a long and successful career in UK academia.
"I always thought that history is instrumental in the formation of logical thinking," Dr. Katsari told Bored Panda.
"Without it, critical analysis remains deficient. At the same time, history teaches good citizenship and enhances political instincts. Above all, history helps us distinguish truth from lies. As a seeker of truth, I especially value the skills I acquired over the decades."
I'm still surprised at how many people - including Christians - who don't know Jesus was a Jew.
I was about to take out on a first date my dentist's assistant. In her apartment, we were talking about her boss, and she sneered, "Do you know that he's a Jew?" I pointed to the big, big picture of Jesus she had on the wall and asked "Did you know he's one , too?" The date did not happen.
Load More Replies...There were Christians in the Middle East long before they arrived in Europe, and waaaaay long before they arrived in the USA.
There are "Christians" in America who truly believe that Jesus *had* to have been an American, because otherwise why would He have written the Bible in English?
This, sadly, is very true. Me, I figure if God hadn't wanted us to use our brains, he wouldn't have given us any.
Load More Replies..."Those who are accustomed to privilege often believe that equality is oppression." - Howard Brenneman
Load More Replies...Indeed. It's crazy how many "good Christians" are deeply offended by the idea... no, the truth that Jesus was a brown man. The literal centuries of propaganda in European religious art portraying Jesus as a light-skinned, fair haired, blue eyed man really worked wonders.
Load More Replies...Laughing in Egyptian Coptic Christian. (Ok, ok I'm atheist like my family mostly, but great grandparents still believed)
The information is there, they just refuse to believe it. Ironic, eh?
Load More Replies...As a native speaker of English, I'd like to say that if you have managed to learn English sufficiently to communicate, and it is your second language, you're clearly not stupid. English is one of the hardest languages to learn, mainly because it's not a language; it's a dozen languages in a trench coat.
I had a Russian friend and was asking him to translate different words like car, tree, etc. I asked, how do you say "train" in Russian? He smiled, paused then deadpanned "LO-CO-MO-TIVE"
Anyone that protects the catholic church deserves the hell they believe in.
the KKK dudes and white supremacists in South Africa totally agree with you ! lol
Load More Replies...Well....yeah...but only if one considers mass genocide of indigenous people; torture and oppression of women; massive theft of cultural art and artifacts; sexual abuse of children; and systemic cover-ups and denial of all of these to be "too far".
Sexual abuse of children sounds too sanitizes. It included rape. Priests raped children, sodomized them and forced other abuse on them. And the church hid them. Moved them around so they could rape more children. Then the church denied it and tried to discredit the victims. When found guilty in court the church plead poverty so as not to have to pay compensation to the victims. No organization has done more to support child rapist than the catholic church.
Load More Replies...Bill Burr is the funniest comedian out there working. His stand up shows are the best
Bill Burr is a goddamned comedic genius. I can't think of any other comedian who can walk such a fine line that he's appealing to both liberals and conservatives while making fun of them both several times throughout his standup. Guy's a downright genius.
Dr. Katsari agrees with the popular phrase that history is written by the victors. "After all, most losers are dead, maimed, politically inactive, or otherwise condemned to invisibility," she explained.
However, there are still ways we can get a different perspective on things. "Saying that, we should not forget the value of archaeology that helps us fill in the gaps and gives a voice to non-victors," Dr. Katsari added.
I speak english, British, American, Canadian, Australian, and new Zealandian
Some Karen at the grocery store yelled at a couple of young Hispanic women, "You're in America, speak English". I asked her straight up, "So if you and your husband were in France, having a completely PRIVATE conversation - you'd be speaking in French, RIGHT?" And of course she sputtered like the f*cking moron she was. I asked her how many languages she spoke, which embarrassed her even further. One of the ladies piped up and said she spoke not only Spanish & English, but also FRENCH!
Thank you for attempting to educate that rude woman. Some people don't know when to leave others alone, and some people don't know when to stand up for others, like you did.
Load More Replies...I can't understand how people get offended by other people speaking their language to EACH OTHER! Clearly they have nothing worthwhile going on in their lives.
Never mind the fella could speak english but if I (Italian) were in France with my Italian friend you can bet I'd be speaking in my native language! Not to mention that it was entirely possible that the other Korean friend was just visiting him and didn't speak any english. What are they supposed to do: one talks in english to the other and the other use simultaneously Google translate? 🤦
OK but what is plain toast? Dry toast? Nobody eats that. Buttered toast? Not plain if it's buttered. No idea. Bloody foreigners, coming over here making up bewildering stereotypes about our homegrown racists
Sciences legit doesn't have a chair in the pic
Load More Replies...A big part of German society (including me) didn't think any big war in Europe could be still possible why the army here has quite some problems, because of lacking or old equipment. Unfortunately we've been proven wrong and have to deal with the situation now as it is. I am still not a fan of all the military investments, especially world wide, but all I am saying: it's not that simple, isn't it?
How can idiots "make America great again" when the s**t is the same as it's ever been.
MAGATS just want to go back to open racism, sexism, homphobia, etc.
Load More Replies...Eat enough of his finger lickin' good food and you'll need healthcare
Load More Replies...I remember watching something similar except it was quotes from the Qur'ān vs. quotes from the Christian Bible.People had to guess which ones were from which scripture. Everyone assumed all the violent passages were from the Qur'ān were shocked that they actually came frmo the Christian Bible.
I have been looking for the link, but they did something similar when Obama was in office. They would ask Conservatives at the "Tea Party" Marches about various items, but claim that Bush or the Republicans did them. They were ALL for them. Happy that those they believed they supported would do such great things! Then they were told they were ALL accomplishments of the Obama Administration. Most just shook their heads and walked away. lol. None changed their minds about Obama being a "muslim, socialist, marxist, communist dictator", though. One of the most viral ones they did was when they asked about "The Affordable Care Act" versus "Obamacare". ALL the conservatives loved the Affordable Care Act and they DETESTED Obamacare. They were then informed that Obamacare the ACA were the exact same thing. Their expressions were priceless.
Load More Replies...You could do this to any country. Every country has in their history someone doing something unspeakablly wrong and horrific.
But, we're not supposed to be so insensitive. Right now, it's cool to hate anything American
Load More Replies...Providing any 1 simple Fact would improve BoredPanda's/Caitlin Johnstone's post 1000x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Few Examples of "Evil Things" that, "AVERAGE Americans" could mistake for another countries' action(s) would make this post 1,000x times better! (Considering OP said they'd never run out). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , I know specific examples, but usually people who are unnecessarily HYPERBOLIC and who use STEREOTYPICAL generalizations are better at bloviating than providing evidence.
We are all human and therefore not perfect. But the USA is far far better than most and that should not be discounted.
American here...and it is not better, just less educated, so that the people don't know when they are being lied to, gaslighted, mislead, misused, exploited, underpaid, undervalued, and just generally made a fool of. I.e. your above statement.
Load More Replies...This could actually work for most countries, just find the Nationalists
Yes, cause the Germans, English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Italians, Russians, Persians, …. Etc… never did anything horrific.
But, they don't deny it, nor cover it up, nor keep from teaching it to the youth of the country...those are uniquely American actions.
Load More Replies...Where I live (Southern U.S.) that would just be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Do you think that everyone has an Armenian laying around? If you have something to say, just say it.
Load More Replies...I live in Turkey and I did not know that. I know it is traditional to make bird baths near graves.
Meanwhile here in the 21st century cities go out of their way to make it impossible for homeless people to drink, use the bathroom, or sit down for even a moment.
So wholesome. If you’re vibing the Ottomans because of this don’t look up their stances on human slavery or what to do with the citizens of cities whose walls they broke through. And reaaally stay away from their history with the Armenians.
Interestingly, some philosophers draw attention to the doubts that may be felt when history is compared with different branches of investigation, such as chemistry or biology.
By contrast with such inquiries, the historian's procedure, including the manner in which he conceptualizes his data and the principles of argument he employs, may appear to be governed by subjective or culturally determined predilections that, as a result, are contestable and, therefore, out of place in a supposedly reputable form of knowledge.
Australia is so big it can fit Australia in it's borders.
Load More Replies...Don't know why you got downvoted, the Todd River Regatta is held in a dry riverbed every year with people racing boats made out of beer cans, Flintstone style. It's a real thing!
Load More Replies...I think millions more people would live in Australia if it looked like that....
Curious - of the multilinguals here… at what age did you start to learn a different language? In the US, they don’t start teaching a second language until about age 14 or 15. Way too late for most students in my opinion. It certainly can be done at that age, but many of us just learn enough to pass the class and then never use it again.
In my case (German) I started to learn my first foreign language (Italian) at age 6 (nowadays it would mostly be English), then English from age 10 on, then a third language (French) from 13 on and then I voluntarily added Spanish at age 15 (only two foreign languages are mandatory for A-levels here). I think the age makes a huge difference when it comes to learning languages, my son and his friends went to multilingual kindergartens and they just soaked up the languages like sponges without any effort. It's crazy.
Load More Replies...i remember having a woman who's first language was Spanish, and had a heavy accent when speakign English and was havign trouble with the right verb to use and apologized to me for not speaking better english. I immediately replied, "well i only speak one language, i know you can speak at least 2 so you got me beat already. No need for an apology" i think it shocked her.
Two factors (or more) : (1) In America, you can leave your home, travel for thousands of miles, and arrive in a city that speaks the same language as the one you left. That won't happen in Europe. (2) America has had two historical border countries - Canada, where the dominant language is English, and Mexico, which was separated from most of the US population by a wide desert for a good part of our history. Or as one Texas governor supposedly said about high school foreign language classes, "We go by the Bible here in Texas. If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for Texas!"
"Ma" Ferguson. aka Miriam Amanda Ferguson, first female governor of Texas 1925-1927.
Load More Replies...As a European(does Britain count?)I am NOT bilingual. I am bad at the English language, but at least I can spell doughnut properly.
So let me ask you, is it doughnut HOLE, or doughnut WHOLE?
Load More Replies...I think that one of the reasons the United States is often the poster child for failure to learn another language is that so little emphasis is placed on language learning. I think that there is this pride amongst some people in the United States that English is the lingua franca and therefore there is no need to learn another language. Furthermore, foreign language learning is often introduced so freaking late in the United States, oftentimes in secondary school-- it baffles me that people don't think that children have the mental capacity or maturity to learn a language. One of the best times to start introducing a foreign language is when children are younger as their brains are tiny little sponges. Even translation and interpretation services are seen as a commodity in the United States and linguists are pained peanuts in comparison to their years of study. ~Signed, a disgruntled linguist
I was born and raised in the United States, and in response to this meme, I just want to say: 日本語が話せます。日本語は学ぶのに良い言語です。この言語は常に音楽のように聞こえます。Ich kann die deutsche Sprache sprechen. Es ist die Sprache der Vorfahren meiner Mutter. Ich studiere gerne die Geschichte Deutschlands. 나는 한국어를 말할 수 있습니다. 재미있는 얘기 하나 할게요. 한국인들은 대화할 때 항상 화난 것처럼 들립니다. J'apprends la langue française. J'ai toujours voulu visiter la France. Je veux aller rester dans un petit village français et rencontrer une gentille fille.
Sadly, many Americans seem to have little respect for the knowledge of languages, even their own.
the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom :" honi soit qui mal y pense " ( “shamed be whoever thinks bad of it” ). HONI-SOIT-...db707e.jpg
The French have traditionally maintained that no foreigner can really speak French properly, so they probably approve this guy for not trying.
motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom : " DIEU ET MON DROIT " ( "God and my right" ) house-of-w...150cbb.jpg
" "According to different sources, 45% of all English words have a French origin. Most of the French vocabulary now appearing in English was imported over the centuries following the Norman Conquest of 1066, when England came under the administration of Norman-speaking peoples."
"Your motherhood glows with radiance and grace, and your children are the epitome of delectable cuisine."
Reminds me of Cheech and Chong Say pendejo. I means my very good friend.
Sometimes it does. Depends on your friends though. 😆
Load More Replies...Soooo walking home at 4am with your bra in your handbag was not what you had in mind?
Eat the child. It says it in the post, but my Irish education was thinking the child eats for a second XD
Load More Replies...Also scared that this 'charming phrase' is actually something like "Stuff you, Idiot." The Irish like to play jokes like that.
Load More Replies...One topic that was repeatedly examined in this context was the role of evaluation (specifically, moral evaluation) in historical writing—a subject, incidentally, about which historians themselves are apt to exhibit a certain uneasiness.
Many argue that value judgment can and should be totally excluded from history and, indeed, from social studies as a whole. However, this viewpoint does have its opponents, too.
Not a soviet leader but Theo Waigel could have taken him on. w1176_h662...67fa9.jpeg
His left eyebrow could almost work for a comb over if he ever goes bald. 😂
Load More Replies...they even look like the tops have been trimmed so this isn't even them in their full browyness
I thought so too. Would hate to see those monkeys in their natural environment!!!
Load More Replies...Yes, we can also give Trump NFT of the US Presidency, give Scotland, Basque country and Catalonia independence NFTs and give Germany cheap gas NFT.
Scotland, Basque and Catalonia deserve independence,
Load More Replies..."Non fungible token" you pay someone too much money and you "digitally own" something. It uses blockchain, so it must be legit. I have this great bridge I can sell you.
Load More Replies...I'm sitting down. Only excuse I can give for that intially going right over my head :P
Load More Replies...It's shocking how many people go to college without bothering to find out what kind of job their field will qualify them for; or if they'll even be employable.
Some people go to university to expand knowledge. The original purpose of universities was not to make students more employable. Do you think humanity should stop learning about things which do not lead to gainful employment?
Load More Replies...If he studied the plumbing in the pyramids he could be a pharaoh faucet major.
Except for when she said that the TTI was one of her favorite drug recovery program (for those unaware you can go on almost any platform with podcasts and search the crime chronicles and they have an episode on the TT1)
Load More Replies...I have a history podcast for kids ( I can't believe that happened) totally doing an episode on this
Okay now I’m curious, what’s your podcast called? (If you don’t mind me asking)
Load More Replies...Objectors highlight that the language the historian uses, adapted as it is to the assessment and appraisal of human motives and characteristics, makes some degree of evaluation unavoidable.
They argue that, even if the possibility of a drastically revised historical vocabulary allows the ideal of a wertfrei, or objective history, to be theoretically conceivable, such an ideal can scarcely be seriously entertained as a realizable practical goal.
i will die from some previously eradicated disease which has reared again due to anti-vaxers.
Load More Replies...Ancient Indian literature: I don't care if I die, but if you kill my husband, I'll burn your city down.
Russian "I will die. You will die. We all will die, Oh the humanity"
Latin American literature: They are going to k**l me!
Russian literature knows people will die, even with nothing to die for.
WRONG: the Switzerland doesn't stop be neutral. Neutrality of a country was never a "do nothing" thing, it's more complicated than that. There is a big gap between a "country neutrality" and "perfect/dreamed neutrality". PS: most Swiss people who pretend that Switzerland stops being neutral, are on the far-right spectrum of politics, and pro-putin... that's all.
I don't know why you were downvoted. You raise a good point.
Load More Replies...well it looks like these "sanctions" didn´t affect him much, did they?
That's ok. I'm a GenXer. I've got lead and asbestos PLUS micro plastics. Woo hoo.
And to experience a pandemic. And a couple of world economic crisis. And possible the third world war. Mmm lovely times
If not for the economic crises one might spend the time to discover the existing land.
Who the f**k is going to try to imprison that guy!, He looks like he could snap your spine over his knee(edit grammar )
"As a weightlifter he won the gold medal in the 82.5 kg division at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Between 1923 and 1926 he set eight official world records. In 1924, he became the first person to clean and jerk more than 400 pounds, using the non-revolving barbells of that time. In 1928 he set two World Records; a clean and jerk of 360 lbs and a snatch of 253 lbs. In 1930, he became the first person to complete an overhead lift of the Apollon Railway Car Wheels, an awkwardly-shaped 166 kg (366 lb) barbell-shaped set of train wheels used by the stage strongman Louis Uni, and the predecessor of "Apollon's Axle". "
Dr. Katsari agrees with these folks. "There will never be absolute objectivity in history," she said.
"We all start from entrenched beliefs that need to be proved or disproved. Being objective as a historian is a constant struggle that involves rigorous logical exercises."
"and they were roommates" "oh mah GAWD they were RoOmMaTeS"
You don't need to think of anything else. Your comment is literally perfect.
Load More Replies...Royal manicurists. TWO royal manicurists. The need of manicure must have been great indeed. Glorious.
Please remember that historians can't publish speculation, and things like sexuality of a person or medical conditions of a person have to be evidenced explicitly by the person themselves. Without the person themselves having explicitly written that they are "in love" with this other person, we cannot say that they were lovers. Our modern concept of being gay is very different to its view historically - two mediaeval monks could be literally boning each other but would deny being gay because it is an expression of brotherly love and not lust.
Lmao An expression of brotherly love? He loved his boyfriend like a brother I guess
Load More Replies...Their names have been translated into English as being Ernie and Bert
They also put some road signs for the invaders indicating "THE HAGUE" (international tribunal on war crimes)
Is there really an English term for the name of a dutch city? 🤔
Load More Replies...Considering Russian troops drove right past multiple signs warning they were entering the Chernobyl restricted area and how dangerous it was, and proceeded to not only fire on the plant, but dig in the highly irradiated soil, reading signs doesn't appear to be their strong suit
If the internet has accomplished anything, it has made it abundantly clear that the number of certifiably insane people just walking around freely is too damn high.
Yeah, but Rome lasted a LOT longer...the U.S. isn't even 300 years old!
The main reason that the Roman Empire fell was because the ever-expanding use of slave labor left the average Roman citizen unable to provide for themselves. Now look at the US, with stagnating wages and corporate greed, and tell me things aren't headed the same way. It doesn't matter how much money you have if it's all worthless in the end.
Yes. The United States and Russia is falling. Now that China and India are allies they are the next superpowers, poised to take the world stage. That’s my
The first sculpture depicts a Celt and the second is Celtic. Nothing to do with"Germanic".
Yeah, these are Celts. Even down to the hair style which was famously described by a Roman scribe.
Load More Replies...Clearly the second sculpture started the same way as the first and then was dropped face down. As an artist you'd be gutted if that was how you were remembered 😉
The statute on the left looks like Tom Selleck well it does to me it has got to be the mustache.
So if you find yourself disliking some of these memes, that's good. Emotional and moral conflict is an opportunity for growth.
You can deal with this inner uneasiness by educating yourself on the topic more. "Academic literature is the golden standard," Dr. Katsari suggested. "There are some excellent public historians around that do an amazing job, though."
Blood from horseshoe crabs is essential for many drug, implant and environmental safety tests -- but blood harvesting, together with capture for bait and impacts from climate change and habitat destruction, is threatening populations of these "living fossils." A review published in Frontiers in Marine Science highlights that these continuing threats will detrimentally affect the surrounding ecosystem, including migratory shorebirds who rely on horseshoe crab eggs for food. To enable a sustainable harvest of their blood for the biomedical industry -- which currently is entirely dependent on these creatures for drug and environmental safety testing -- alternative tests should be explored in conjunction with better harvesting and conservation strategies.
The luck of the Irish is not meant to mean Irish people are intrinsically lucky, quite the opposite. When you are invaded then colonised for 800 years by your neighbours that's not lucky.
My family has a saying, "If it wasn't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all." I suppose "Luck of the Irish" has that same sort of shade.
Many European countries had, at one point or other in time, colonies. This includes Sweden that had five colonies.
Remember the American and Indian Independence Day? (both are separate)
On average, one country celebrates its independence from UK every 2 days...
No they are not ashamed at all. On the contrary, they showcase it in their museum to the public, with a sign that says where it came from.
Load More Replies...Call me unAmerican, but I hate the carvings in Mt. Rushmore. It’s political idolatry on Native lands.
They chose the dark side.... Rather the light side. Wait...the dark side... I am confused
@Steven Lu I find your lack of faith in American pop culture disturbing
Guess that's why they draw the lines on the patient, now, so they know where to cut...and to make sure they are cutting on the right person...
Posted this before, but a good come back would be "And your ancient artifacts are where?"
"Oh, I guess we were too busy inventing calculus and working towards the industrial revolution instead of piling up rocks."
Stop using name name Ivan in memes to represent Russians.I am Ivan but imagine im not a Russian.
Imagine how all of the reasonable Karens of the world feel
Load More Replies...Imagine trying this in a real battle and getting shot out of the sky.
me too. I was reading out loud, and said constipated, and my friend looked so confused. am currently dying of laughter.
Load More Replies...Cologne tries this and "oops, a roman villa" ... oops, another roman artifact ... oops, a roman tunnel ....
Cologne has no luck with underground construction. In 2009, they managed to collapse their city archive due to an unsufficiently secured excavation pit.
Load More Replies...Ah, I was living in Boston at the start of “the Big Dig.” Looks like the project was worthwhile!
The UK told UNESCO we'd bury the road past Stonehenge. But we know it will cost a fortune.
It only took 20 years and made multi-millionaires out of too many friend of people in government.
Denver is doing this- it’s expensive & takes a long time but does look nice
Not so simple. It was called the big dig and it was a huge mess. And by the time they were finally finished, there were more cars on the roads creating twice as much traffic as when they started.
My dad once spent 2 years in "Meat Mexico", and I have been to "The Mexican Archipelago" before. Want to try and go to "Soccer Mexico" if I'm older.
Everyone should stop invading each other now, especially you, America, and second, you, Russia
it amaze me how until today, USA army never been charged with war of crime after invading & terrorize some middle east countries.
Load More Replies...when USA army terrorize other countries (middle east, vietnam, etc..), no sanction there. but when Russia army did the same thing, everyone got angry. that doesn't seem fair.
It is not fair. It is wrong. And perhaps times are changing. Hopefully the US (and all others) will consider its actions and monitor its troops very carefully in the future.
Load More Replies...Dissolve all borders. This is our world. Don't let callous leaders or tax collectors tell you where you cannot roam. Humanity must once again walk the world uninterfered with by invisible lines of ownership.
That would be sick, but I don't think it could happen. Few give up power willingly.
Load More Replies...Gotta love the 'whataboutism' going on here. Just because the US was wrong invading before does not make Russia's invasion justified. Or China's silent, creeping takeover all around the world.
Eh, more like Russian Empire vibes. Putin banned the ML party from running, he's probably trying to become a czar.
Load More Replies...Just to let you know, the middle eastern countries that the USA interfered with can be just big of a deal as Ukraine is Right now, if the media decides to make it a big deal. On the other hand, Ukraine can be just as little of a deal as the middle eastern countries if the media decides to not care about it.
He's got more land than anyone else. Just go explore Siberia, that ought to keep you busy
When the Duke of Edinburgh died, as is customary, the title went to his eldest son - the Prince of Wales. Andrew is still the Duke of York, and Harry is still the Duke of Sussex.
The moon landing was faked by NASA with the help of Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick, a well known film-maker was a stickler for getting it right. He insisted on going on location to the Sea if Tranquility and shot the fake landing on the moon to better fool us into thinking it was real../snark
It would be more accurate to consider Star Trek (the original series), where plastic models were dangled on fishing line in front of painted backdrops.
Then it would be cgi thought, so not really the analogy the picture was going for
Load More Replies...CGI was far more advanced than that in 1977, but Spielberg thought that people wouldn't believe that it was actually computer generated, so they simplified it.
I've often wondered how the torpedo bends it's way down the exhaust shaft.
Scorpions "Winds of Change" was maybe more influential, and some ex-CIA agents claim CIA wrote the song.
Sad but True that this couldn't even be attempted in the US today. 1.5 million people in the same area for a concert? Guaranteed at least 500 deaths.
Putin thinks it's bad, so in reality it must be very good.
Load More Replies...She got home and started researching "Worst Nursing Homes" in North America
Jokes on her Larry David never gets old or older he always looked old.
Load More Replies...Larry David is an American treasure on the same level as D**k Van Dyke, Betty White, Angela Lansbury and anyone who says otherwise can go pound sand, and I say that with love. 😁
Good grief Bored Panda, it's his first name D I C K Van Dyke
Load More Replies...Yes, she looks thoroughly disgusted with her dad in this photo, lol.
Load More Replies...See I would have bloody loved this. She will regret the attitude when older
Being Larry David's daughter, she may have posed for comedic effect.
Load More Replies...He had no idea what the stone was when he moved it. It was simply in his way. He wasn't aware at the time that the stone marked the official border of the two countries.
Load More Replies...Actually it means "opposite of arctic" and "arctic" is in reference to the constellation.
But isn't the constellation named after a bear
Load More Replies...Unbelievable as it sounds, the color orange is named after the fruit not the other way around
Load More Replies...I can't help but think that the explorers first went to the North and had a major run in with a Polar Bear ("Run away!!!) and that rather coloured their idea of names.
Noooooooooooooooooooo!! Indy!! You're not working for the British Museum, are you???
"Of course not! No worries...I work for the Vatican."
Load More Replies...If you lost your ancient ritual artifact and can't find it, check with British Museum they might have it.
Although there might be something to be said for having some artifacts outside of the country to preserve them in case of war or civil unrest. i.e.: Iraq, 2003
You are now my favorite person on the internet
Load More Replies...There is a band called Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria?
Nobody knows the full name anyway. But yes, there is a band called Franz Ferdinand.
Load More Replies...hmmm, the photos on the bottom look very suspicious, the hole hasn't changed shape or the stones in the pothole haven't moved a quarter of a century?
Thank you! Just what I was thinking. Montreal potholes change with every storm.
Load More Replies...Whilst Romania is clearly photoshopped I can confirm this is a very accurate representation of Ireland
Apart from the building that has grown a floor, the tree removed and the hedge that has grown
Load More Replies...That photo of Romania could easily be a pot hole in the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania 😂😂😂. In fact, I'm not convinced my mother didn't submit those photos and she's never been to Romania, nor have I.
the bottom 2 are the same photo the one on the right is colorized and photoshopped with a new person in it
Or just it was taken with 2 different people, no need to photoshop another person, and you can see it was 2 persons because the angle isn't exactly the same in the 2 pictures ^^
Load More Replies...They will only throw it back.. "Run away, run away!"
Load More Replies...Or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh, or words of Germanic origin like stein, or the name Keith, and sometimes its i before e even after c, like in ancient, and several other exceptions. Its a pain in the @ss spelling pattern to memorize, really.
Load More Replies...'Here it is! Hey, everyone, stop looking, i found it, it was here all the time!'
Load More Replies...There's a Holm oak just down the road from me which is 350 years old. I was talking to an American tourist a while back and mentioned it: oh my goodness, that tree is older than my country!
I'm in the US and we have a lot of 200+ year old live oaks in my state.
Load More Replies...The Mac os the more ironic thing there nothing screams sleezeball capitalist as Apple.
Load More Replies...To not buy luxury products and overindulge in consumerism? That is a choice. No one is saying you cannot buy things, but once you go full consumerism with luxury goods, it outs you as a fraud or just an idiot.
Load More Replies...So we are FORCED to live under capitalism (work 40 hours, pay taxes , pay health, pay housing etc) but we cannot enjoy none of our work fruits. Ηow old are you? 15?
Not sure USA would still exist but States of Nort-East of America, states of south-east of America,, states of center of America, states of North-west of America, California, and Texas !
Good flag designs should not be complicated. Rule of thumb: can the average 8-yr-old draw a reasonable representation of it?
after learning about the history of the god of Olympus i never watched Hercules ever again
Wow. I don't know if that is real but if so.... maybe a little paint or put a sign over it?
It’s a perfect place to put some beautiful art :) I’d hire some street artists to do a big beautiful peace mural of some kind
Load More Replies...Horse racing names are hilarious. I don't gamble but my friend does, and last time he bet on a horse called Shut The Front Door.
It'd have more context if it said how long the average person would have to work to earn the $5. I suspect Ethiopia wouldn't come out of it so well.
Ethiopia, 5 generations if they don't have inheritance taxes. Otherwise longer.
Load More Replies...As someone who's been in a long term relationship with an archaeologist for the past 20 years, (and has consequently had to hear all about it), having artifacts scattered around in different countries isn't actually the worst thing in the world. If something devastating happens to an area, like a natural disaster or war, at least some of the items get to survive.
Yes, a lot of people don't seem to be aware of the crucial role the British Museum, and others worldwide, performed in the protection and preservation of ancient artefacts, many of which might otherwise have been lost forever.
Load More Replies...No telegrams. No letters. Scream to the neighbouring tribe, or ring the church bell. Pretend it's 1466. Liv ... wait ... wait a minute ... die of having the well downstream of the john, thereby lose ability to call anyone by any means available. Also, suffer a few days on the way outta life.
There's actually more at the bottom which continues to make its lot more funnier
The take-away home delivery men ask me to send them my location on whatsup. For the last 2 days I am more concerned to learn how to send location on whatsup than what and from where I will order dinner. I have technophobia.
It always surprises me how a family of four never talks with each other at a restaurant dinner…not before they order, not while the food arrives, not even while eating!! Always with their noses in the freackin' phones!!!
Better they have their noses in their freckin' phone then having their noses in someone else's business. Not that I approve either behavior for my family but at least as long as they aren't bothering anyone, noses in freckin' phone don't bother me. Each to their own and such...
Load More Replies...I used to love Jared Leto, but his behaviour recently is making him creepier and creepier. Not this. Other stuff.
I love this tho. Jared is like dang that coat and then he got the coat
Technically, it's a square based pyramid, but I guess that the term "pyramid" wasn't around back then, so I guess it's correct.
The great Pyramids have 8 sides, bud. Nothing square about them.
Load More Replies...The aristocrat is the one on the left. Inbred or not, he looks pretty good IMO.
Load More Replies...Nonsense. Napoléon Bonaparte has no living (legitimate) descendents: only the descendents of his brothers survive.
Tipu Sultan was an Indian ruler. Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign hoped to link up with him, cutting the British Empire in two. But he was killed by the future Duke of Wellington’s army. Tipu’s descendants are two rickshaw pullers, a security guard and a car seat cover vendor.
One of the amazing king and first opposition to British feet on their land. Only if neighboring kings joined him with his campaign against East India Company and didn't joined EIC against him. British rule in India would have been very different, if any. I don't think they even teach him opposing EIC anymore. Furthermore, according to Bollywood if ruler is Muslim they are bad. I am sure BJP government has nothing to do with that *roll eyes*.
Load More Replies...I thinnk it will go down as one of the most bad*** quotes in military history.
Americans generally don't understand British/Australian/NZ humour. If someone poles fun at you, you like fun at them back. S**t talking each other is literally how we bond. Americans are so literal and take everything way too personally.
Load More Replies...Big Ben is the bell not the clock or the tower. Big Ben cannot be seen from outside of the tower, so unless you have x-ray vision you've not seen big ben
also known as Neeps or Tumshies in scotland absolute bastards to carve.
He looks like the kind of people TSA would take to a room at the airport, hold and question him for 10 hrs then deport back to the Middle East
Hey Snik! My Arab friend in 1970. He worked at Groucho's Deli in Five Points in Columbia, SC!
According to the bible, I think he was meant to not be "conventionally attractive" because people needed to follow him for his message, not his looks. I think anyways, idk
Load More Replies...Or when they send the light calvary in the front ranks, or have the archers run into battle against swordsmen, or there is no flanking….okay I play a lot of strategy games.
Don't tell anyone, no One needs to know that Monica os under the table....
"My fellow Americans: I have not been entirely truthful with you. I did ga-googity that girl. I ga-shmoygadeed her ga-flavity with my googis, and I am sorry."
He! The Netherlands has 7 mountains one can climb XD https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/it-definitely-isnt-flat-netherlands-mountain-trail-proves-an-unlikely-success
Load More Replies...Did you hear about the North Dakota farmer who's dog ran away? He watched it run for 4 days!
There are places where the highest elevations are on freeway overpasses.
I used to live in Colorado and we moved to Oklahoma and it was so weird having everywhere be flat.
Imagine living somewhere where there is land flat enough to grow acres of food.
I want to see the third image taken in 2097 with your embedded retinal holographic imager.
You want to see her underwear using the xray tech in the holographic imagers, don't you?
Load More Replies...Well then he clearly didn't have a clue as to how photography worked. See Ansel Adams' landscapes from the Thirties.
The way picture angle is taken and inclusion of base, makes me think these pictures were taken from far away. Possibly from on top of a boat. Not sure how good lenses were back then but something to keep in mind.
Load More Replies...Mongolia no longer has a navy since their last ship , the "Sukhbaatar III" was sold to a private investor in 1997. Before that, the ship was stationed on a lake. It was more of a ceremonial reminder that Mongolia had a huge navy in the 13th century. Most of it was sunk when Mongolia tried to invade Japan in 1281.
Two types of people: the ones who get competitive when playing monopoly and the ones who get bored and build a city out of the pieces.
Imagine you were one of the bricklayers. It would take you all day just to get to the top. Where you'd be deducted a day's pay for being late to work.
I just realized like a weeks ago that the word babble is based on the tower of babel.
Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign spanned wars, a pandemic, 14 U.S. presidents and the winding down of Britain's vast empire, has died today September 8th, 2022. RIP
Queen Elizabeth granted an audience to Liz Truss, her fifteenth serving Prime Minister, on Tuesday and died today - presumably and fairly deciding that fifteen Prime Ministers is fifteen too f*****g many
As long as you pronounce it Budapesht, I don't care what you do with it
Sounds a lot more fun than never-ending bills and 2 meagre weeks of vacation per year 😅
Load More Replies...There's a High School in Tyler, Texas called John Tyler High School, largely full of poor minorities. While across town, Robert E. Lee HS is full of wealthy kids. No systematic racism there.
I must admit it's these timelines that give me great pause for thought moments. It was like when I found out Wyatt Erp and John Wayne had met. How could someone of the Wild West meet a Hollywood actor! History is closer than you imagine.
Especially the Wild West. Remember famed outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and their "Wild Bunch" gang? They committed most of their robberies between 1900 and 1907. That's the same year the RMS Lusitania made her maiden voyage. At that point in time, telephones, movie theaters, airplanes and cars were already well established, if not exactly commonplace.
Load More Replies...If he had a son at age 75, and that son also had a kid at 75, the grandkid would have been 78 at the time of the tweet.
Load More Replies...Dude we get it, you hate America. You don't need to keep trying so hard to be witty.
Load More Replies...I am afraid she wasn't giving that for everyone
Load More Replies...It wasn't because she was extremely intelligent and could convince anyone of anything?
Sounds like the Ball of Burning Men. Wedding party in 1393 where the dancers accidentally all caught themselves on fire.
It was a public punishment I think. Edit: "drunkard's coat" - for drunkenness, fighting or theft.
Load More Replies...There is more behind, including ancient stone sculptures, dinosaurs and bacteria
The point was that he pissed off the gods, so they were punishing him by making everything difficult. People probably even knew back then that it wasn't *that* far away. Read Marco Polo. People were crossing the entirety Eurasia in about 3 years on foot, and they did it multiple times in a lifetime.
It was a joke. The photo is a map of New York state.
Load More Replies...How about Moses and the Israelites trip to the land of milk and honey?
Really? There i was thinking Britain and the Commonwealth countries declared war on Germany?
Yes, they did, and then just sat and watched Poland being consumed by Third Reich and (two weeks later) USSR.
Load More Replies...By the way, how long was it between the annexation of the Sudetenland and the declaration of ww2? Asking for a friend
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, two days after Germany invaded Poland.
UK had invasion plans for Ireland in 1940. I think that was just habit though.
And the Republic had invasion plans for the north in the 60's
Load More Replies...This was part of a plan to go to war with Great Britain. They knew that they would lose against the Royal Navy, but they’d win on land.
"My grandpa fought in World War II, he was such a noble dude. I can't even finish school. Missed my mum and left too soon."
I dunno, the United States 45th President, was a horse's a*s. 😏
Stalin. He had his pictures altered because he had terrible smallpox scars. He basically invented Instagram.
Random baby: *is born in a shed somewhere* Humans, 6 months off: "g r o o v e"
So the stoners live with the land, while the alcos destroy it. Makes sense
That same in my country(Nigeria). We've got 3 names like everyone. First name is usually your native name, identifies you as a member of a tribe. The middle name is usually (not always but mostly) foreign not particularly English. Your last name is also native. Shared by members of your family
Oh, the ol' AIS. Looks like alot of vessels, but with line of sight at sea level around 13 miles, most of these vessels can't see the next closest vessel.
Maybe don't tour a goddamn battlefield in the country you invaded if you have PTSD?
Load More Replies...BP doesn't know what a Meme is. Over half of these are not even close to a "meme."
A lot of them have nothing to do with actual history either
Load More Replies...Always thought it weird how the disaster/alien invasion movies over the years seems to revert to a nuclear device to 'fix' things
We need to save those things to drop into hurricanes! Especially the ones from the Chinese hurricane gun
Load More Replies...BP doesn't know what a Meme is. Over half of these are not even close to a "meme."
A lot of them have nothing to do with actual history either
Load More Replies...Always thought it weird how the disaster/alien invasion movies over the years seems to revert to a nuclear device to 'fix' things
We need to save those things to drop into hurricanes! Especially the ones from the Chinese hurricane gun
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