Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
American author and filmmaker Michael Crichton once said: "If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree." So let's take a look back at what events and people have 'planted' and 'grown' this tree we're all a part of called the present, shall we?
But since it's Friday, I think we can agree that something more refreshing than a textbook is needed. Luckily, we have just the thing. Two, actually.
Bored Panda decided to put together a follow-up collection to our earlier article and compile the best posts from the history memes Reddit page and HistoryInMemes Instagram account have recently released.
From making fun of the British Museum's never-ending thirst for artifacts to corrupt Presidents, continue scrolling, check the world history memes out, and upvote your favorites!
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
A True Hero
Willem Arondeus was a moderately successful painter and writer living in the Netherlands. However, at the time his career began to improve, the Nazis had occupied his nation, and he decided to sacrifice personal success and wealth for the greater good, joining the Dutch resistance. Arondeus's skill as an artist allowed him to make fake ID cards, allowing Jewish refugees to hide more easily. However, the Nazi's Municipal Office for Population Registration made this far more difficult, as they kept exact records. With his resistance team, Arondeus devised a plan to bomb the office, which went off successfully. By doing so, they were able to steal a number of blank ID cards, and destroy enough records that any Jewish refugees could believably pretend to have had their files destroyed.
However, Arondeus was betrayed and captured. He refused to give information on his co-conspirators under torture, but after his home was raided, they found evidence that linked him to his allies. Arondeus then took full credit for the entire plan, allowing two of his friends to escape execution. His last words were "Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards".
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Now that is a man worthy of a statue. The definition of a true hero.
Chewie Baron 4 years ago
I always cry when I read this amazing man's story, and as a fellow gay I am so so proud of him. Also, in connection to the saving of Jewish people during the war, the man who started the Bonne Mamman company hid Jews on his farm in France for four years, so I always buy their jam.
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
I did not know that about Bonne Maman. I have always loved their jam, and now I love it even more. Thank you.
Load More Replies...
OhForSmegSake 4 years ago
If I remember correctly they bombed it at night too so as not to injure any innocent people in or around the building. They just wanted to destroy records, not cause casualties
Lyn Moffett 4 years ago
First time reading part of his story. He really should be commemorated in the town square of where he lived. He probably helped people get away before the Nazis were able to put the lists back together.
RELATED:
#2
Sad But True
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Coincidence: I saw an interview yesterday with the owners of Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey). They have a huge private collection all "collected" ahum ... from Egypt.
Load More Replies...
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
If anybody would have been likely to snaffle the pyramids it would have been Napoleon. He couldn't keep his greedy paws off Egypt. Generally the Brits either paid for their artifacts or, at the very least, did a dubious deal with whoever was in power at the time. P.S. there's still a lot of ancient Egyptian stuff in Rome that was poached by the Romans around 2000 years ago.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago (edited)
Everything in it was stolen by the Empire though, at one point they had desecrated so many graves that they used the mummified remains as cheap kindling for fires. Imagine someone digging up your great grandparents to have a nice glass of sherry by their burning corpses.
absolute zero 4 years ago
Two tiny hand carved replicas of the Spinx were recently recovered after spending 80 years as lawn ornaments.
Contrary to what some might think, history memes aren't just for the internet. Historian, college administrator, amateur homesteader, and writer Joshua Wilkey, for example, quite often uses them in teaching. "I even sometimes assign my students to use memes as a way to present what they are learning in the classroom," he told Bored Panda.
These historical memes have been around in some form or another for thousands of years, too.
In 2016, archeologists uncovered a mosaic from the 3rd century B.C. in what was the ancient city of Antiocheia. The piece has three frames and seems to depict a bathing scene. The first frame is of a servant preparing a bath; the second frame, a young man running away from taking the bath, being pursued by an older servant who is unable to catch him; the last scene, a “reckless” but seemingly happy skeleton of the young man is sitting casually with a jug of wine.
The inscription below him reads: "Be cheerful and live your life." So you could say this historical meme is the original YOLO.
#3
History Ain’t Pretty
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
It is sadly true. Unfortunately, many people in most countries keep thinking that their own leaders have always been right.
earringnut 4 years ago
All I can say is God bless modern Germany for not sanitizing the Holocaust in schools.
Load More Replies... Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Ahem, the history being labeled as Critical Race Theory. It's history. It's important. Teach it.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
CRT is a college level topic. All the outrage over it being taught in schools is literally manufactured. Gotta find someone to keep the ignorant outraged, I guess...
Load More Replies...
Patrick O'Harris 4 years ago
I got more disturbing or weird stuff than anything else. What can I say, humans have always been weird...or sucked. Mostly both.
Monica Hayes 4 years ago
this should be in every school in the southern USA.....deep sigh.....
Christina Gomez 4 years ago
There are good parts of history. There are bad parts of History. We need to study all of it, not just the bits and pieces we like
#4
Grandma
Graham_Illegal 1 year ago
That looks like 16 occasions over approximately 12 years. Not exactly wild...
#5
Sacrifice Sacrifice
KatHat 4 years ago
We can have the world we choose if we organize and fight for it. So yes. This shitty system we have where we all work ourselves to death so a few people at the top can be mega rich does not HAVE to be the way we always live.
Load More Replies...
Liam Farranree 4 years ago
My home town of Cork in Ireland has a small stone water through inscribed with the word "madrai". Madrai is Irish for "Dogs"
Temporary InVanity 4 years ago
In Boise Idaho, a bowl chiseled into a rock in the foothills for dogs who hike with their owners
Load More Replies...
Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
Yes, but it isn't exactly safe for animals to drink from them, seeing as how they're in the middle of the road.
Load More Replies...
Emily Erceg 4 years ago
Ottoman empire was nice to animals as it pillaged through villages raping women and killing men. How thoughtful.
Efish Fishe 4 years ago
Well if an empire was nice to animals i assume they were nicer to ppl . Also you can find those kill rape stories about any nation dating not so back. As i see most of africa and middle east likes ottomans and wants modern Turkey very much ! guess who were there after ottoman empire and what they did not historical fabricated stories some ppl still alive
Load More Replies...But why bother with it and create one history meme after another in the first place? Well, Joshua Wilkey said that "as an academic pursuit, history teaches important skills like critical reading and analysis. For the average person, though, history is an important way of understanding the context of what is happening in the present."
"I do not buy the argument that history repeats itself - and I think few professional historians would say that it does. It does, though, as Mark Twain once said, rhyme a lot. When one looks at the world as it is today, one cannot fully understand it absent knowledge of history," Wilkey explained. "One cannot, for example, understand the Black Lives Matter movement without understanding the long history of civil rights activism in the United States. One cannot understand what is happening in Afghanistan without understanding the long history of that particular part of the world, specifically through the lens of imperialism. Current events do not happen in a vacuum. Trying to understand or react to them absent an understanding of the history is detrimental at best."
#6
It Really Do Be Like That
Otter 4 years ago
Joanna Lumley, of all people, worked tirelessly to get the Indian soldiers British army pensions, decades later after they fought for the British Empire. Yay, Lumley!
Jonathon Daines 4 years ago
That was the Gurkha's. One of the most feared set of soldiers in the history of combat. They are not from India, they are from Nepal. Joanna Lumley's father was an officer in one of the Gurkha regiments
Load More Replies...
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
Gurkhas have fought to be able to live in the UK for many years. Thankfully to Joanna Lumley they are now able to live here with pensions….. Such lovely people
Yula Lopez 4 years ago
Didn't India have some horrific famine during a world war that got ignored because of the world war?
Vishy 4 years ago
Churchill was the reason behind it. It was called the Great Bengal Famine. All food reserves were transferred to Britain as war efforts leaving nothing to feed the poor. When questioned in the parliament about the Famine Churchill said why is Gandhi is still alive
Load More Replies...
#7
Hah Get It
Alex Mont 4 years ago
All of the Americas is a sacred site to natives...(indigenous)
Load More Replies...
jk nbt 4 years ago (edited)
Lakota people refer to the finished sculpture as "that abomination on our land"
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
If that were my land and someone carved those that stole it from me, I'd be calling it way worse things. Ugh.
Load More Replies...
Somer Himpson 4 years ago
Amazing that someone looked at this and thought “You know what this rock is missing - giant faces of presidents...”
Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
I read that it was a sacred place for the First Nation people of that area before it was taken from them and turned into the monument
Karen Grace 4 years ago
Correct. The land was taken in violation of a treaty signed by the government, I believe the term for that is Stealing. So the country is still in possession of stolen property in the most literal sense.
Load More Replies...
#8
Game Changer
absolute zero 4 years ago
Imagine how hard you'd have to hit those coins with a hammer to do that kind of damage. Saved his life, but must have hurt like living hell.
Tassenküchlein168 4 years ago (edited)
Maybe it slowed the bullet down, but obviously ist doesn’t stucks in the coins but slipped by.
Nicolas Schirvel 3 years ago
Belgian's currency are made to resist to pressure ! The joke is better in french :(
#9
Elvis' Chance Of Getting Polio Has Left The Building; Thank You And Good Night!
Karin 4 years ago (edited)
You mean like Ryan Reynold and Blake Lively, Ariana Grande, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Martha Stewart, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, Mariah Carey, Mindy Kaling, Hugh Jackman, Dolly Parton, Kerry Washington, Rosario Dawson, Jonathon van Ness, Steve Martin...
Load More Replies...
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Elvis, it's time to stop pretending to be dead and get publicly vaccinated again.
Alex Boyd 4 years ago
Well, the fact that the polio vaccine became widely available at around the same time that Elvis got his shot *might* have also accounted for some part of the increase in vaccination rate. No way to tease apart those two strands at this historical remove.
Load More Replies...
Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
The lies and untruths spread by conspiracy lunatics and 45 are astounding. Sad times, America.
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
So then, we can reasonably assume he would get the COVID vaccine if he was still alive.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
it might work if some of the irresponsible leaders like the orange one, did it live on tv
Load More Replies...
Of course, that doesn't mean that you have to be familiar with every period of every civilization. "One of my favorite TV shows growing up was The Andy Griffith Show, and in one episode, Aunt Bee remarked that history must be harder to learn in the present because there's more and more of it being made every day," Wilkey recalled. "However, there are some good strategies to employ to learn the depth of history in a way that is useful for the present."
"Rather than broad surveys of history, whereby one attempts to learn the entire breadth of history for a given place, I think deeper dives are more useful. I prefer to study history topically rather than by place. For example, one can study the history of conflict, the history of racial inequality, the history of capitalism, or the history of imperialism, and follow the threads of those themes through both time and place, for a more comprehensive look at why things are the way they are."
The historian said that understanding how themes like economic inequality or political power have played out at multiple times and places is more useful for the average human than to learn facts about the history of a given place. "Ultimately, the goal should not be to learn history for the sake of being good at Jeopardy!, but for the sake of developing a more meaningful understanding of why things happened," Wilkey explained, adding that it's much more valuable than simply knowing what happened.
And it makes sense. You start making connections and developing ideas rather than just working on your memory. You start thinking.
#10
Typical
Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago
In all practicality, I always tell to others, get a degree that will land you a job when you graduate, then after a while, if you're settled in, then get a degree to whatever your heart's desire. We all need money. So we can pursue our dreams. That's the reality. Unless you are really rich then disregard this advice.
Leah Helbig 4 years ago
I wanted to be an egyptologist till i discovered how little they get paid unless they teach so it became a hobby not a career path.
Nicholas Kraemer 4 years ago
It's funny, but actually pretty sick... Colleges and universities are letting people get tens of thousands of dollars in debt for a degree that won't help them find employment to pay back those loans. It would be one thing if the college wanted to raise funds and eat that cost, it's another to swindle young people and then try to put the tax payers on the hook.
Daria B 4 years ago
Not how it works in Korea. My husband has a PhD in robotics, and, until not so long ago, had lots of debts too. If he felt like it, he could apply for a teaching position at a university, but that job's not for everyone.
Load More Replies... #11
Thank You Very Much
Maxwell Kunz 4 years ago
If it wasn't for British museums preserving artifacts in museums a lot of them would be gone. Long ago melted for gold and otherwise destroyed. So let's stop this British hate already.
Ren Karlej 4 years ago
Possibly, possibly not. I agree we should stop hate. It helps nothing and no-one. We should judge people today on our actions today. I support returning items to their country of origin where it is possible. I only say that because some countries might have war or instability currently or no longer exist, ownership is disputed etc. Items that were purchased can be bought back but let's not get greedy.
Load More Replies...
Potter Jackson fan 4 years ago
Hmmm...is it just me, or does this make you think of "Despicable me"?
Your Shadow 4 years ago
I'm curious how many historical artefacts have been saved due to actions of British museum
#12
Dirty Dog
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Lol yeah, like Hera was Heracles loving mother. And Zeus had self restraint. That movie didn't do Greek myths any favours!
Me Oh My 4 years ago
Zeus was an Ancient Fuckboy with all of the self-control of a dog in heat, and Hera was actually completely normal compared to the rest of them. I'd be pissed off if my husband was constantly cheating on me, too.
Load More Replies...
Ragnhild Nilsen 4 years ago
The majority of Greek mythology boils down to Zeus not being able to keep it in his pants, or rather his chiton
Liam Farranree 4 years ago
Zeus really did love families , he had an awful lot of them after all.
J. F. 4 years ago
Him "going around" in animal form wouldn't be that much of a child friendly story.... (Zeus und Leda for example)
Otter 4 years ago
Yeah, the volcano turning into a humanoid in "Moana" was a lot more plausible.
Mazer 4 years ago
Pele , the goddess of volcanos in Hawaiian myth stories is where that idea came from. Too bad we all don’t hold nature in such reverence, we wouldn’t be getting our asses kicked by Mother Nature every year.
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 4 years ago
I would love to see how Disney would portray Zeus getting women pregnant as a swan, a bull and as a golden shower.
Romenriel 4 years ago
Mythology definitely belongs to history! It was very important to people of the past and we need to remember it to understand them.
Load More Replies...
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
And Hades was the bad guy... and the underworld was basically hell...
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
In greek myth, Hades was a more neutral possision, an ok person doing a frowned upon job, like repos
Load More Replies...
Adele Xie 3 years ago (edited)
True, true! If I'm not mistaken, he had an entire book of wives and children (see Zeus's spouses A to Z NR), and Hera was usually the jealous witch that tried to drown, torture, or gore the poor unsuspecting women, usually after having their eyes pecked out with crows. Zues.......... not a family man. Literary tied up his wife and hung her at the edge of Chaos as punishment for trying to make the Olympian council a democracy. Loving husband and wife, great family (or at least an interesting war).
#13
Mad Respec
AA Matty 4 years ago
To be technical, it isn't a peddler selling her wares at an execution: it is St. Veronica who offered her veil to Jesus so he could wipe his forehead. When the veil was returned, his face was captured on it.
Karen Clark 4 years ago
And the Lord said onto John, “Come forth to receive eternal life”. But John came fifth and won a toaster........
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
It's a depiction of St. Veronica, who wiped Jesus face with a towel, and his face left an imprint on the towel.
Marco Conti 4 years ago
Since this is history themed, those condemned to crucifixion didn't carry the whole cross, just the horizontal beam. Of course, then the iconography wouldn't look so good with Jesus carrying a 2 by 4 like he was going to fix somebody's fence.
Once you decide on a topic you want to dig into, you need to start collecting sources. This, in turn, will help you understand the world history memes, too. "At the risk of having my professional historian card revoked, Wikipedia is a great place to go to learn the basics of a given event," Joshua Wilkey said. "At this point, it's rather more accurate than most easily accessible sources, including most online encyclopedias."
"Apart from that, I am a big fan of podcasts. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is great for those who can devote substantial time to listening. Slow Burn is also fantastic, as is the podcast that accompanies the 1619 Project. This Land is wonderful for those who are interested in indigenous history. I could go on for days with podcast recommendations, but there are so many good ones out there, the possibilities are limitless. For print readers, ProPublica also has a wonderful deep dive into many important topics. I especially enjoyed their piece a few years ago titled 'Firestone and the Warlord' about the history of the rubber industry in Africa."
#14
I Am Confusion
best turtle 4 years ago
would have been funnier if he asked who the current queen of englad was
Monday 4 years ago
There are 3 certainties in this world: 1. Death 2.Taxes 3.Putin being the president of Russia.
Load More Replies...
Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
It would be a toss-up. Both have been s**t shows.
Load More Replies... John Dilligaf 4 years ago
maybe you could ask who's the English monarch? Though I guess that wouldn't help much either.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I mean, I suppose you could ask how old Queen Elizabeth II is, that would help. Ah, I remember when she was 5 years old...such a sweet girl.
Load More Replies...
Lucia Caramia (she/her) 2 years ago
Time to take over Russia and chang it the the Union of Siberia.
#15
There Goes Buck Franklin, The Impeccably Well Dressed Lawyer Who Practices Law Out Of A Tent
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Not enough people know about Oklahoma Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
King Joffrey 4 years ago
Ironically, I only learnt about it from watching The Watchmen and read up a lot about it since...
Load More Replies...
KatHat 4 years ago
Everyone should know about race massacres. They happened all over. Just one terrible element in the LITANY of horribleness that denied Black families the ability to create generational wealth and to build businesses and prosperity. The results echo to this day.
Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
I agree. Things like this should be taught in our schools.
Load More Replies...
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
Schools tend to stay away from these stories I didn't even know who Clara Colvin was thought Rosa Parks was the original..
Monica Hayes 4 years ago
sorry, this may seem inapprpriate...but, what a beautiful,classy man.... our species should be ashamed of so many things, cant keep count anymore...
#16
This Happened To My Grandfather When He Was Teaching Second Grade. The Kids Were So Traumatized By What They Saw A Lot Of Parents Had To Come Pick Them Up From School
E Menendez 4 years ago (edited)
My husband watched it happen when he was a kid in school. They were so young that someone started clapping so they all joined i n. The teacher started screaming and crying for them to stop. He also remembers they had to each talk to a "special class friend" and draw pictures about how they felt after. Glad they thought enough to get them therapy...
Load More Replies...
Jeremy Pierce 4 years ago
I was one of those elementary students. We never watched anything live again
Tara Moov 4 years ago
We actually SAW the Challenger explode. We were on the playground in elementary school and all wondered what that twisty white thing in the sky was about. Our teacher who had been so excited about Christa McAuliffe being on board got very quiet, and we had no idea what was going on but we did, too.
Aubry 4 years ago
They were originally going to put big bird on the challenger as well, as a way to get kids interested in science, but it was scrapped at the last moment because the costume wouldn't fit. Imagine what would happen if hundreds of thousands of kids watched big bird explode on live tv.
Mazer 4 years ago
And the dude who said there was a problem with the O rings way before the launch gets crucified
Monday 4 years ago
He actually did get everything straightened out in the end. They tried to quietly get rid of him by stuffing him in a crappy department cause they couldn't fire him but he's done some of the best commentary on a few documentaries about it.
Load More Replies...
Laura Mortensen 4 years ago
I was in middle school at the time and my teacher knew the teacher who died on board. She was crying in the class room.
David Beaulieu 4 years ago
I remember this day well. 6th Grade. They brought us all into the science room to watch. First time I ever saw an adult outside my family cry.
#17
Uhh Sir?
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
When he and Colin Mochrie were on an episode together it was always so good!
Load More Replies...
Question everything 4 years ago
Was. Google World War I (one). His death started the fight.
Load More Replies...
As for sourcing accurate materials, Wilkey said it's important to employ information literacy skills to vet any potential source. That includes these history memes, too.
"While there's much to be said about the elitist and often-problematic nature of academic gatekeeping, the solution is not for anyone to publish anything they want, but rather, for us to engage with the public as much or more than we engage with each other as academics."
The historian likes to tell his students that if they are not engaging members of the general public with their work, then the public will be engaged by idiots, liars, and fear-mongers. "The average reader should make it a point to ask why they should believe any given source (including academic literature!). The fact that they found it via social media is often an argument against believing it," he said.
However, if it's more history memes that you're after, check out our piece on History Memes Explained, a cool social media project that not only collects but also dissects the best memes about our past.
#18
200 Iq
Ayden Manning 4 years ago
But just for you tonight, we're divorced, beheaded, LI-I-I-IVE
Load More Replies...
Douglas Mosier 4 years ago
The Church of England wasn't protestantized until after Henry died. What he did was declare that the monarch was the head of the Church of England, not the Pope. He was a Catholic till his dying day.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I recently stumbled on videos of Six the musical on YouTube. It's a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII's wives as a pop concert. It's actually really good and catchy.
Ayden Manning 4 years ago
I thought I was the only one who knew about it! I LOVE the songs. They're hilarious. I didn't know there were videos though. Looks like I need to find them!☺️
Load More Replies...
Mark Melton 4 years ago
And this still is the way of the Catholic church. Wealth will get you unlimited blessed divorces.
#19
Yoink
Sarah Richardson 4 years ago
I do find this funny - but it also demonstrates the confusion again between England and Britain. And it wasn’t just the British exploring and bringing back stuff and shoving it in museums. Count in the Germans, French, Spanish, Italians.....
Phoneixstudios 3 years ago
ILLUSION LEVEL 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
#20
Trying To Get Rid Of The Evidence? Not On Mr Eisenhower's Watch!
Vorknkx 4 years ago
And then, some cowardly troll on the internet nowadays: "It's a cOnSpIrAcY."
Joshua Seaman 4 years ago
I could imagine Eisenhower responding to a statement like that the same way Buzz Aldrin responded to that heckler harassing him about the moon landing being a conspiracy 😅
Load More Replies...
Robert May 4 years ago
And then the US hires the Nazis to "contain communism, win the space race, overthrow South American governments,..."
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Also demanded that the people who lived in the surrounding towns and "knew nothing" come and tour the camp and walk by bodies of the dead who were just left there to rot. There is a film of this taking place.
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
I had to watch that film in grade 11. We also broke into small groups and listened to survivors' stories. I had read Anne Frank's diary and read the Killing Fields, but after that film--nothing was the same again.
Load More Replies...
BorPand8 4 years ago (edited)
Yes, look up his "Cross of Iron" speech sometime... lemme see if I can put up some of it. He was actually anti-militaristic -- because he knew what war entails. A lot of it is still bullshit imo, but this bit is really good:
Load More Replies...
Karen Clark 4 years ago
The look on his face and the clenched jaw speak volumes about the atrocity of the Holocaust......😩
bumble bee 4 years ago
Ah a time when government actually had a moral, ethical compass and wasn't afraid to use it
Carlota 4 years ago
In the Dachau concentration camp the general who arrived after liberation forced the town to help clean and move corpses etc. just to make them realise they had been living with their eyes closed just a few minutes away from the camp
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Living with their eyes closed? Well they must have been plugging their noses all that time too. My father was part of a large contingent of Canadian soldiers who went back in the early 1950's to Bergen Belsen concentration camp to start tearing down buildings. People in the town claimed they had no idea what was going on. Hmmmm. Really? Soldiers who discovered the camp ( sorry thus is gross, but it's history) could smell the camp miles away before they got there. Paycheck ledgers had names of people who lived in the nearby town. I doubt this was the only camp where that was the case.
Load More Replies... #21
You Can Always Rely On The Wise Words Of Captain Holt
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Brooklyn Nine Nine was a fantastic show and one of those rare gems that only got better in later seasons. I'm so sad this show ended.
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
I only ask people "How are you", when I actually mean it. I want to know if they want to tell me. If I don't care, I won't ask. Sometimes, I'll just say, "I hope you're doing well," and leave it at that.
#22
Money Money Money Moneyyy
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I wonder what other attempts were made before they realized silk was doable. Spider webs? Cicada shells? Hornet nests? I'm glad they stuck with silk.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Have you heard about the goats who are modified to produced spider silk in their milk, so the silk can be harvested? Really weird https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-16554357#
Load More Replies...
Effin Fred 4 years ago
Everyone knows that silk was invented. And to say that it's "poop" is such an ignorant statement.
#23
It Do Be Like That
Me Oh My 4 years ago
Causes far more international conflict than anyone gives them credit for b/c the US is The Best Country Ever. /s
Load More Replies...
ZAPanda 4 years ago
there was a great meme on Jan 6, '21. It showed the riot in DC. Caption read: "Due to covid, americans work from home" (or words to that effect).
Touch Connors 4 years ago
We're bringing freedom and democracy to these countries! By bombing and starving its people? Well, duh.
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
1754: accidentally triggered the Seven Years War, raged from N America to Europe to India. 1796 “Yeah, these things can get out of hand.”
Cecily Holland 4 years ago
Parking their entire Navy at Pearl Harbour wasn’t the best decision. And Vietnam is why Americans loathe soccer. Sometimes nobody wins. Never gotten over that one
aaaggg hhh 4 years ago
Well in all fairness, the rest of the world sucked America into world wars 1 and II.
#24
Damn Son
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Shut up, Karl. Where is your homework, by the way? - The bourgeoisie ate it. -Two hours of detention. "
MorgothBauglir 4 years ago
There is a plethora of hilarious memes about Marx. I think it's mainly his beard.
#25
Any Great Historical Figure Would Be Honoured To Be Played By Cillian Murphy, I'm Sure
Jimi Laoshi 4 years ago
He wasn't born middle aged, you know what I mean? They are not so different actually.
Jessica Cole 4 years ago (edited)
Thank God someone said this, and thank God for his contribution to woman's/men's imaginations everywhere.
Load More Replies...
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
So long as they don't portray me smoking or committing adulteries, that might be alright.
#26
Uhh Excuse Me
#27
Feels Bad Man
Liam Farranree 4 years ago
This must be a reference to the famous Greek hero Homercles, like Pythagorous, "Homercles cares not for beans"
memyselfandI 4 years ago
I think it’s a reference to Homer Simpson, but yours is better
Load More Replies... 
DelvianBlue 4 years ago
Imagine what it would have been if his other 5 poems hadn't been lost...
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
🎶From the town of Springfield, he's about to hit a chestnut tree!🎶😆
Load More Replies...
ZAPanda 4 years ago
I think the old testament is about that old as well, tbh. And the Gita is probably older.
Jon S. 4 years ago
Yeah, but we don't know the names of their authors to make jokes like this
Load More Replies...
#28
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I seriously think one of the arguments some Americans have against adding Puerto Rico and Washington DC as states is that they don't want to add more stars to the flag. (It's not a good argument.)
ADHORTATOR 4 years ago (edited)
they should kick Florida and Texas out first
Load More Replies...
Pille P 4 years ago
Well according to the legend the danish flag fell from the sky when they were trying to conquer Reval. Kinda hard to give back :)
KatHat 4 years ago
There shouldn't be two Dakotas. 6 states were added all at once to try to steal elections and guess what? it continues to work. The Senate is massively unbalanced; the 50 Dems represent more than 40 million MORE PEOPLE than the 50 Repubs. The system is skewed and guess what? it all goes back to racism and slavery because every single thing about America goes back to racism and slavery.
#29
Pain
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Actually, for the first two centuries after Spanish conquest, monks laboriously translated mesoamerican stories into Latin script.
Load More Replies...
lara 4 years ago
As a historian nothing enrages me more than burning books. It is the first step to burning people.
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Careful study has shown the MezoAmericans actually turned their backs on the ritual sacrifice/priest ruling class idea for a more egalitarian, decentralized power structure, and helping every person have what they needed.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Many of the Spaniards bragged about it in journals and letters. They were proud of the destruction and thought they were righteous and doing God's work. Smh.
Load More Replies...
Just.a.ravenclaw.witch 4 years ago
the day new settlers decide to burn MY books life is over for them.
surprised pikachu 4 years ago
And people act like American history is bad. Every country was bad back then
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
Tbf, this was lost of Europe with the rest of the world. Linguists guess something like 90% of the world's languages went extinct in the last 500 years. Some scrambled to study some of the very last native speakers of some in the last 200 years before that knowledge is lost forever
#30
Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do
ZAPanda 4 years ago
that's all very well but that shows seven women leaders. As a percentage of male leaders (something like 2000 or so worldwide in the same time period ... the first picture being cleopatra I believe) ... means that the chances of a woman starting a war is quite a lot lower. What we'd really need to know is the base rate of women leaders vs women leaders who started wars. I am pretty sure these seven are not the only women leaders in the last 2000 years...
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
This is true, but it is also unhealthy to assume women don't have primal, violent instincts. It could very well be that the main reason we haven't started more wars is that we haven't held a lot of positions of power. It's important to let women be wholly human, even if it means admitting our flaws.
Load More Replies...
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I'm really ignorant of global history. Can someone tell me... Was any woman head of state in a country during wartime in the last 200 years or so?
Wreathy 4 years ago
Queen Victoria: The Crimean War (1854-56) Catherine the Great: Lots of fisticuffs in the late 1700's - easier to read this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-catherine-great-invaded-crimea-and-put-rest-world-edge-180949969/ Margaret Thatcher (UK, 1980s) - had a spat with Argentina That should get you started
Load More Replies...
M M 4 years ago
Well some female rulers had to fight for their throne in the first place (Marie Therese of Habsburg monarchy)
lamidi kolawole 4 years ago
You thought the males where fighting because they love fighting? They were fighting for their thrones too
Load More Replies... sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Although you didn’t know when your nation was at war with hers. You’d ask “are you angry? Are we at war?” And she’d only say “I don’t know… are we?!”
Lucia Caramia (she/her) 2 years ago
Olga of Ukraine! Her husband got killed and she did much revenge.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Especially that c**t Thatcher - she was a spiteful, hateful bitch without an once of compassion or humanity towards anyone she deemed unworthy or productive. I had a little dance and a few decent scotches when she died as well as mouthing a curse that my grandma taught me to keep evil spirits in hell forever - I sincerely hope that Thatcher is in the deepest, smelliest, most painful depths of hell ; the thought of that makes me happy
Just.a.ravenclaw.witch 4 years ago
weŕe learning about theodora in school and apparantelly she passed laws for women. the first feminist!!
#31
Must’ve Been Sloppy
Laura1985 4 years ago
Lesser known fact: Just over a century later, a young writer named Ernest Hemigway used this document as a literary inspiration. ;)
ADHORTATOR 4 years ago (edited)
Must have ben real small bottles ...or they were hard drunkards :-)
Honu 4 years ago
I believe that is actually from a party celebrating the finalizing of the Constitution. From what I've read, the 4-month long constitutional convention was pretty much a booze up the entire time. So that party was just the capper on a long bender. We just happen to have a record of the bill for that one.
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
This is the fuel that the constitution was written on. After work each day, they would get together as friends and leave work at the office. I would like to see this kind of unity in our government today.
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
They drank the place DRY is what they did at the Frances Tavern in NYC.
#32
I Think We Can All Agree On This One
El muerto 4 years ago
middle eastern and Asian history is far longer and much more rich...I'm so tired of this western centric bullshit
Sandra Pinters 4 years ago
Yeah. This meme is screaming “we only care about white people’s history”.
Load More Replies...
Ham Explosion 4 years ago
Except that teen is a bodybuilder that could murder any other adult in the land...
Load More Replies...
Mosheh Wolf 4 years ago (edited)
I'm Jewish, and am not the slightest bit impressed by the Europeans. Not even a bit. The Indians and Chinese, on the other hand, are pretty impressive, and the Egyptians aren't too bad themselves. But Europeans? Hell, the Europeans couldn't even be bothered to invent their own alphabet. They were only good at having devastating wars - in all recorded history, there has not been more than 20 consecutive years during which there wasn't a war or two in Europe.
Musicon HaidaGwaii 4 years ago
Gross. Totally ignores the thousands of cultures in the Americas for thousands of years. Shame on this post.
#33
'man, I Love This Skirt! Also, You Heard Khomeini's Latest Speech? That Guy Sure Is Whacky, Huh?'
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago
You should read Marjane Satrape’s account if the revolution. Very eye-opening.
Load More Replies...
Kelli Lindsay 4 years ago
Not just Texan women. Oppression is contagious.
Load More Replies...
Jos Tiguidou 4 years ago
If anyone is interested, i recommend checking out Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. I personally prefer the graphic novel to the anime, but it's a window into growing up right after the Islamic revolution.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVELS EVER!!!! *ahem* Yeah, Persepolis is a great book.
Load More Replies...
Touch Connors 4 years ago
Context: Iran at the time was led by the Shah, who was put there by the US and British after a CIA-led coup to depose the democratically elected leader.
Helderder 4 years ago
More context. Most women did not dress like this. The photographer of this picture took it because it was so out of the ordinary
Load More Replies... Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
Again- women are attacked by a religious belief- looking at you, Texas.
Barbod Khanlarkani 4 years ago
the clips actually exist of women shouting Islam for ever wearing skirts with their hair out
#34
"If There Was An Allied Hero Who Deserved To Be Remembered And Celebrated, This Was A Person With Few Peers"
King Joffrey 4 years ago
Witold Pilecki. I read a book about him called The Volunteer, fascinating read.
Load More Replies...
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
He is LEGENDARY!!! And today people fall apart when asked to wear a mask... This guy went into the horrors took notes, escaped and still came back to fight this is LEGENDARY
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
There's so many WWII heroes it is quite unbelievable. They obviously understood how important it was that Fascism should be defeated. The men and women who worked behind enemy lines . . . . . . the V.C. heroes whose citations verge on the unbelievable . . . . . the partisans who risked not just their own lives but those of the families and communities . . . . . the many thousands who went beyond the call of duty and whose bravery is known only unto God.
Karen Clark 4 years ago
A brave man who was executed by the new Polish regime. A hero of immense integrity and courage.
Load More Replies...
lara 4 years ago
In 1940, the Polish Underground wanted to know what was happening inside the recently opened Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish army officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and reported from inside the camp. His intelligence reports, smuggled out in 1941, were among the first eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz atrocities: the extermination of Soviet POWs, its function as a camp for Polish political prisoners, and the “final solution” for Jews. Pilecki received brutal treatment until he escaped in April 1943; soon after, he wrote a brief report. This book is the first English translation of a 1945 expanded version. In the foreword, Poland's chief rabbi states, “If heeded, Pilecki's early warnings might have changed the course of history.” Pilecki's story was suppressed for half a century after his 1948 arrest by the Polish Communist regime as a “Western spy.” He was executed and expunged from Polish history.
lara 4 years ago
Two books, both available from Amazon: The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz The name of the camp was Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe’s Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so, meant attempting the impossible—an escape from Auschwitz itself.
Load More Replies...
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
https://instytutpileckiego.pl/en/wystawy/ochotnik-witold-pilecki-i-jego-misja-w-auschwitz-wystawa Witold Pilecki
#35
Feels Bad Man
S. 4 years ago
For Chrome — press Ctrl + Shift + T to restore deleted windows/tabs! Or e Right-click a blank space on the tab bar at the top of the window and choose "Reopen closed tab."
Barbod Khanlarkani 4 years ago
for library : open the eye of agamotto -> time shifting features -> reverse object in time
Load More Replies...
absolute zero 4 years ago
In Firefox opening history will give you the option of reloading tabs from a previous session. I rarely do this even though I had dozens of tabs open, because it never really matters.
jk nbt 4 years ago
open up the google browser, press ctrl-h, et voila... the list of what you were looking at.. this is not hard, just don't clear your browsing data until all is finished...
Yort 4 years ago
I don’t even have to do that, there’s built in “remember my session” options in browsers. What is this, 1998?
Load More Replies...
Monkey Love 4 years ago
Uhhhh....bottom right corner. Really BP? You're going to take a post from Twitter and slap a Bored Panda watermark on it?
Ophelia Vandergurgleduffen 4 years ago
When the computer that holds all of your research crashes irretrievably.
#36
Abc News Called It "The Poster Child Of Excessive Lawsuits" But Most People Don't Believe That Anymore
James016 4 years ago
I'm glad I finally know the truth about this case. McDonalds did a great job on burying the details
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
It did sound silly at first, but once you learn how she was really badly burned and how Mc D kept their coffee at "hot lead" temperature levels while handing it out to people sitting in cars in flimsy paper cups? Not so funny.
Jo Firth 4 years ago
AND that Maccas settled 72 other cases out of court prior to this one, but still continued to serve their coffee at, as you said, hot lead temps. The arrogance.
Load More Replies...
Zaza 4 years ago
It was not some random lawsuit. The coffee literally was scalding hot, between 180 and 190 degrees F (82 and 87 C). Multiple people got third degree burnd before this case, but it was cheaper for McD to buy their silence than it was to change the temp. This lady had her coffee sat in a parked (unmoving!) car. The coffee was so hot that her "ladybits" were fused together. She was hospitalized several times and needed care for the rest of her life. She only asked for her medical bills to be covered and a small amount for income loss as her daughter had to take care of her. McD refused all (very extremely reasonable) requests. Also she didn't get all the millions everyone thinks she did. The jury eventually awarded her many millions, but the judge took most of it off
Curt Thurston 4 years ago
82C-87C AKA the termperature of the coffee I brew every morning.
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Someone : suffers. Everyone else : "STOP BEING SO DRAMATIC YOU PUSSY!"
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Terrific,extensive burns in sensitive areas, it clearly was Mc's fault and all she wanted was money to cover her medical bills.
Christopher Gerlach 4 years ago
This case was actually heartbreaking. She was basically made disabled and was only suing to get enough to cover medical costs. The judge ruled that McDonalds had been so irresponsible and had already dealt with so many burn cases that he judged they should 2.7 million to not only cover the 8 days she spent hospitalized but also to modify her home for her new disability and also to cover for the nursing care she would now need.
Zaza 4 years ago
The woman in question suffered burns so bad that her "bits" were fused together. The car was not moving at the time, it was parked (standing still, I cannot emphasize this enough). She only requested that her medical bills were paid for. There were many similar incidents before her case, McD just bought their silence and/or tied people up in court till they were bankrupt and couldn't continue. McD was well aware of the dangers, it wasn't "just hot coffee", it was between 180 and 190 F (between 82 and 87 C) and caused third degree burns for many people. They just preferred to pay people because that was cheaper than serving coffee that was not literally scalding hot
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
The podcast You’re Wrong About has a fascinating episode (“The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case”) about this and the myth of the frivolous lawsuit craze in general.
Mark Melton 4 years ago
MacDonalds attacked and destroyed this poor, elderly woman's character. She didn't sue for punitive damages, she just wanted to be reimbursed for her expense. This is the evil crap that American corporations do every day, at your great detriment. Corporate America is the root of all evil.
#37
No Fair
Jordan Smith 4 years ago
Ben Franklin pretty much wrote it. He wrote the Albany plan 13 years earlier, and many things said in the Albany plan were used in the Declaration.
Edwin Quantrall 4 years ago
"I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania! / So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania." - Benjamin Franklin ("1776")
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
John Adams: 🎶If I'm the one to do it, they'll run their quill pens through it. I'm obnoxious and disliked as you know.🎶
cal da trans emo rat (he/they) 1 year ago
Noooo Ben the blorbo--- AHHHH IT'S SPREADING TO PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T EVEN IN THE MUSICAL MAKE IT STOPPPPPPPPP
#38
Don’t Give Into Peer Pressure
Jessica Allred 4 years ago
Reminds me of the videos of soldiers giving chimps guns and then the chimps start firing at them. These guys are lucky that dogs don't have opposable thumbs.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
War is not a place that dogs, or any animals should be brought into. They're our "humans wars", not theirs.
Megzymonsta 4 years ago
Any one but me think that guy with the dog looks like Daniel Radcliffe?
#39
Does Mythology Count?
Eileen Baird 4 years ago
Actually, he'd need two extra sets of hands. Cerberus had three heads.
Nicola Dimigen 4 years ago
Zeus put him up to it. Hades is one of the only decent gods, unlike that man-child Zeus.
lizard03p3s2 4 years ago
Another version of the myth indicates Persephone, in her maturity/Autumn, sought Hades out herself. Choosing to leave her mother, Demeter, for a life of her own. In this version of the story Persephone is seeking to be independent and autonomous. How many women leave the safety of their parents home to pursue a "bad boy" like Hades?
#40
Dammit, Marilyn! Not In Front Of The Democratic Party!
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
A woman exploited since childhood self-destructs in front of millions while they laugh. Wonderful that we’re so far beyond that today
Melissa 4 years ago
Can't tell if this is a joke or a Britney Spears reference....
Load More Replies...
Sheila Stamey 4 years ago
I wasn't even born yet but that film of her singing makes me cringe for her, and Jackie, so much, I simply can't watch it. She looks lovely but so, so stoned, and it's a horrible thing to watch. Whoever came up with the idea was a monster.
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
Monroe was so nervous she could barely sing, that's why her voice sounded the way it did. She did not intend for it to sound as sultry as it did.
Load More Replies...
Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
Yeah, there's a conspiracy theory that the Kennedys had her killed to cover up the affair
Load More Replies...
#41
I Diagnose You With Housewife
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
I learned that women were sent to their doctors during ovulation... So the doctor could..take care of her hysteria with digital stimulation. I wanted to die the moment I learned that women were sent away for being horny it's considered a medical issue....
Load More Replies...
#42
This Hurts
LILYANDPEARL 4 years ago
Even people who don’t know about the Library of Alexandria are still upset about the Library of Alexandria.
Load More Replies... 
#43
Instant Hands
River Webb 4 years ago
I'd probably die if I run 13 miles, so I'd be flexing on him for dying quicker
El muerto 4 years ago
the guy did not just run the one stretch, it supposedly make several trips passing information between the defending forces and allies about 240 km back and forth, so supposedly it was the final stretch that killed him. but, yeah there is no real evidence that is really what happened. a little exaggeration make it a lot more exiting....by the way the Athenian army had to march at speed with armor and weapons the 40 km to Athens before the persian reinforcements got there, that's should also count for something
Not a Made up Name 4 years ago
They ran 26 miles to give the news of their victory over the Persians, to the citizens of Athens.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
We remember Him for different things than his age, dude.
Load More Replies... #44
That Backfired On The Rnc
#45
Us Citizen
Final score:
53points
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
McCarthyism was so dumb, and yet we still fall for scare tactics like that. Fortunately, it hasn't returned to that scale, but just look at the fear mongering today.
KatHat 4 years ago
Yes, and about the SAME DAMN THINGS. Truman was talking about their obsession with "socialism" (which they always, but always, apply incorrectly) and it was old then! TRUMAN! And they're still doing it now! Gah I hate how easily fooled some people are. And then they turn around and call the rest of us "sheep". Their indoctrination is complete and they don't even know it. So depressing. socialism-...4e-png.jpg 
#46
Since The American Colonials Were Themselves British Subjects It’s More Likely Paul Reverse And The Other Riders Said “The Regulars/Redcoats Are Coming” Instead
Tobias Rieper 4 years ago
this is something a lot of americans seem to forget they say we kicked you your ass number 1 we kicked our own asses as it british against britsh and number 2 the french helped
Mazer 4 years ago
We are fearful these days about an enemy (which cracks me up, every decade America seems to choose a country to be fearful of and thus vilify), when this country was founded, the ARMED TO THE TEETH ENEMY lived next door snd was probably dating your daughter.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
It did help that the "armed to the teeth" mostly involved muskets that took ages just to load a single shot.
Load More Replies...
Kate 4 years ago
It's not, actually. He didn't ride through, shouting -- he'd have ridden to certain houses to alert the militia -- but he certainly rode out, and was eventually stopped by a British patrol.
Load More Replies... #47
History
Final score:
52points
El muerto 4 years ago
the UK has a big list of evil doings they never repented for...all over the Empire
Calyfan Yelood 4 years ago
I'm glad here in Straya we get taught that stuff in school. No nation is perfect
Yula Lopez 4 years ago
Can I ask genuinely because I'm confused...how are Americans taught about Columbus? In Europe he's a villain (rightly so) but I heard you guys have Columbus day? What is that?
Lillian B. 4 years ago (edited)
My school district replaced it with indigenous peoples day. Because I live in a more liberal area, when we are taught about columbus it is to learn how bad he was.
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
But the difference is that these other countries are not as self-righteous anymore.
#48
Smh My Head
Jon S. 4 years ago
No one has to be ashamed of the things people did generations before they existed. But you do have to acknowledge that things happened and not turn a blind eye due to patriotism.
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago (edited)
The Worst one for me is about the famine of the 1840s. I learnt about the famine in history when I was at school in Ireland. The true horror of it was that it was ONLY the potatoes that didn't grow because of the blight, everything else was fine. ALL other food were fine and readily available but the British wouldn't let the Irish have any as it was all imported back to Britain. If anyone was caught taking even the smallest bit of "forbidden food" they were jailed and ended up on a prison ship bound for Australia and they never saw their families or Ireland again. Most died on the grueling trip to Australia, the rest were then used as cheap labour in the colonies. This is not taught in English schools. I know so as I moved to England and my history teacher was talking about the strained relationship between England and Ireland in the past and he wondered why it had got so bad. I said "well the famine didn't help. He had NO idea what I what I was talking about. He like every other British person wasn't taught this. He had no idea it was so bad. That's the difference between Britain and Germany. Yes Germany had the terrible Nazis and the true horrors of the concentration camps, but they have gone out of their way to apologise and own their evil doings. They educate their children in what they did and how wrong it was and now anything associated with Nazism is strictly illegal over there. The British attitude is "let's just sweep this under the carpet and never talk about it and we can forget it ever happened." In 2017 the ITV drama Victoria which was a docudrama about Queen Victoria, dedicated an episode to the famine, The next morning (q Monday) the magazine programme "this Morning was inundated with calls from people who had no idea that the famine had even happened, They were shocked that they were never taught about this. 170 years later and it takes a TV drama to let people know what the English did to the Irish and that was only the tip of the iceberg. The Irish had been treated terribly by the British like that long before then and long afterwards as well.Inf act it's only really after WWII that relationships have gotten better after centuries of oppression. It is just so shameful. I am British. I moved to Ireland when I was 1 and unfortunately ashamed to be.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
is no one gonna talk about how the caption is "smh my head" ...? shaking my head..... my head?" am i missing something?
#49
Big Brain
#50
That’s Rude
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
So, we all know about the Trojan horse, right? Big wooden horse packed with enemy soldiers intended to fool Troy into believing everything now safe so they drag horse into city, go to sleep, horse breaks open, solders pour out, city falls. IS THIS SERIOUSLY WHAT YOU WANT TO NAME CONDOMS AFTER?
V V 4 years ago
See also: Ramses condoms... Named for a man who had about 100 kids. Not exactly reassuring on the birth control end of things.
Load More Replies... #51
This Hit Different
Nicolas Schirvel 4 years ago
In fact, that was the last official message... It was followed by : "Thanks for your services, Marconi" added by the morse operator as an hommage.
Virginie Michaud 4 years ago
Who else knows morse code and actually read the first message and didn't just guess it? 😂
#52
So Long, Suckers! I Hope You Enjoy Figuring Out Where Tf I Went For The Next 50 Years!
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
The closest to be named was John List. Right before this he murdered his entire family wife kids mom and right after it all started a new life. Got married ECT He did it because they were becoming ungodly in his eyes.
#53
Too Easy
MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
Fun fact: China invented gunpowder trying to invent something that would make them live forever…oh boy the irony
El muerto 4 years ago
Chinese invented gunpowder, the created fireworks and weapons, the technologi made it's way trough india and middle east, while the technology developed and you got working fire guns...and then reached Europe
ZAPanda 4 years ago
Correct, but I think the point of the meme is that the EUs used it to conquer countries not having such technology. E.g. apparently the Maxim was key in the british taking afghanistan. Likewise I'm pretty sure it was significant in taking South America by spain/portugal
Load More Replies... Derp the derpman 4 years ago
Last time I checked I'm Irish, so European, and find this generalisation to be complete BS
#54
Rasputin Would Also Impress The Court With His Infamous Trick Of Finding A Penny Behind Someone's Ear
Otter 4 years ago (edited)
Yeah, well, faith healing was as good as it got, in the 1910s. Rasputin helped the kid as much as anyone could, but it was still a huge mistake for the Empress to make him part of her inner circle and part of the court. As it was the whole world knew about him, and everyone assumed that she was his lover and that this weirdo was guiding Imperial policy.
#55
How Wholesome The Turntables
Victor Botha 4 years ago
Is it an Americanism that uses the expression "turntables" I have always understood that a turn table was a name for an old fashioned record player. The expression I was brought up with is "how that tables have turned" .eating that the situation between 2 groups or people or circumstances had completely changed to the opposite just like children fearing hearing planes overhead before 1945 and then welcoming the sound during the Berlin airlift.
Lesbiancats 1 year ago
it's a meme, from the office I believe, when they said it wrong, and it just stuck
Load More Replies... Mazer 4 years ago (edited)
Funny how things change so quickly, how people of a country once vilified by the USA are no longer vilified and the country is now a major tourist destination….
J. F. 4 years ago
It was a more practical decision - the Allies weren't that thrilled about Stalin, and having a foot in Europe was strategically important
Load More Replies... #56
India’s Chad Air Force
#57
1914 Was A Wild Year
#58
Rude
Mazer 4 years ago
The Irish, the only group of people in America to convince every American to party with them once a year and wear green. Blows the mind.
Sue Grigg 4 years ago
Cinco De Mayo is celebrated too. It will probably reach the same popularity as St. Patrick's day soon. The food is definitely better
Load More Replies... Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
I've heard of St. Patrick's day but what's Cinco de Mayo? Ain't nobody celebrating that outside of the Americas!
Richard Portman 4 years ago
That's okay, we are still working on it. It is a local holiday for local people. It is about our relationship with Mexico. That is an important relationship. It is an excuse to have a party and enjoy a fiesta.
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 4 years ago
or because you had your posterior handed to you, e.g. by the germans and scots.
Jon S. 4 years ago
The Romans conquered Scotland and northern England several times, then left because it was too poor to support an army.
Load More Replies... #59
Eww Yuck Spit That Out
#60
It Was Those Damn Sea Peoples, Wasn't It? Answer Me!
Titas Burinskas 4 years ago
Draughts, poor crop, climate change, material shortages, trade bottlenecks, wars, and raids by the "sea people."
Kate 4 years ago
With a little push from some massive volcanic eruptions. Also, humans had begun to work iron, so one way or the other, the bronze age was done.
Load More Replies...
That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
Those things again? Man, we really need dragon tamers
Load More Replies... #61
A Catholic Priest Heard The Survivors' Confessions And Had To Reassure Them That They Were Not Damned For Cannibalism
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
Trauma, I cannot imagine the nightmares... I saw the movie, red the book but their experience.... Oh God ( shivers terribly) poor guys ...
Load More Replies...
#62
Like A Boss
#63
Moscow, Idaho
Virginie Michaud 4 years ago
Try naming places in Quebec, where there are apparently more saints than in Rome... Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Sainte-Ursule, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade/-des-monts/-des-lacs/-des-plaines/-des-roches/-de-Beaupré, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Casimir, Saint-Louis-de-Blanford, Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Césaire, Saint-Liboire, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Saint-Wenceslas, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Cyrile-de-Wendover... 😂
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Montpellier, Orléans, York, Havre de Grace... Still better than "some monks" or "red stick", though...
#64
You’re Missing Out If You’re Not Following
Daenarys 4 years ago
What sucks is that people attack the schools like it's their fault, but hang on every word of the politicians who ensure it stays this way.
Jaclyn Levy 4 years ago
I think it depends on where you live, my sons school looks NOTHING like this. And it's the content that matters!
#65
Either He’s Rotting In A Forest Or A Grave And If It’s The Second One, Good On Him
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Jumping out of an aircraft on a cold, wet night wearing a business suit...I think the most likely outcome is a speedy death from hypothermia
Nicolas Schirvel 4 years ago
Except if he was a well trained paratrooper as one theory propose
Load More Replies...
#66
In 1835, Richard Lawrence Tried To Kill President Jackson At A Funeral. He Walked Up Behind Him And Fired Both Of His Pistols, But Neither Of Them Fired A Bullet Due To The Humid Weather And The Model’s Vulnerability To Moisture. He Was Attacked By Jackson, And Was Sent To An Asylum Afterwards
Alicia Miller 4 years ago (edited)
Jackson was a horrible human but there's a story of his pet parrot being removed from his funeral, over excessive cursing. Makes me laugh every time I hear it. Also, Jackson was asked by a reporter if he had any regrets after his 8 years in office. His reply was: “That I didn’t shoot Henry Clay and I didn’t hang John C. Calhoun.” Calhoun was his Vice President. With friends like Jackson ....
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
The police had to intervene...to save the would be assassin from being killed by Jackson and his bronze handle cane...
#67
And Our Empire, Across The Sea, Armed And Guarded By The British Fleet Would Carry On The Struggle
Victor Botha 4 years ago
They were all part of the Empire at that time, however this isn't about Britian standing alone, it is about the British Fleet. The Riyal Navy at the start of WWII was considered the most powerful in the world. No one was aware of Nazi Gernanys navdl power at that time which basically rivaled if not outright surpassed British Naval power.
#68
Kinda Sus
buttonpusher 4 years ago
I don't get haggis. Although never tried it but...why would you WANT to?! Then again all the processed crap I eat haggis is probably healthier...
ZAPanda 4 years ago
if you eat hotdogs you probably are basically eating haggis.
Load More Replies... 
Carbonel 4 years ago
Haggis is neither heathy nor healthy but it is tasty.
Load More Replies... #69
Is The Best Account You’re Not Following!
Victor Botha 4 years ago
Wow Jaded Queen, your vitriol and hatred are so unbecoming of a modern person. I haven't even heard Jews spew such filth against Ger.ans because of what their parents or grandparents might have done under Hitlers regime. Calm down, these are memes. Some .ight not be so politically correct, but a little sarcasm and wit hasn't generally ignited a World War.
Tobias Rieper 4 years ago
i prefer the term welcomed into the protective bosom of the British empire
#70
Man, Greek Fire Sure Is Effective! Fingers Crossed That Someone Makes A Note Of How To Make It...
#71
Only My Big Brain Followers Will Get This Meme
#72
Couldn’t Pay Me Enough To Be A Drummer Boy
Mazer 4 years ago
YO, someone has to help those poor tired troops stay in step! Military drummers have played a crucial role in warfare throughout history. Soldiers marched to battle to the sound of the drums and used the beat to regulate the loading and re-loading of their weapons during the battle. Drummers were also used to raise morale during the fight.
J. F. 4 years ago
Drummers also were the communication operators in the pre-radio times on the battlefield
Load More Replies...
#73
Love To See It
#74
'no Napoleon, I Am Not Roleplaying As The Tsar'
#75
It’s Complicated
That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
No, he’s obviously talking to a wizard in Diagon Ally, but he hasn’t opened the gate yet
Load More Replies... #76
Free Real Estate
#77
Sorry Jfk, But You Should Have Stuck To Journalism
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I once pointed this out to my grandma. She was livid. Roughly fifty years after JFK's death and apparently it was still "too soon" for criticism.
Spittnimage 4 years ago
The shock of his assassination and then Jackie starting the "Camelot" myth after his death so he was thought of as almost a saint.
Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Although, in that case, I'm sure the guys he had before and after helped him look veeery good by comparison...
Load More Replies... #78
So Strong And Independent
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir 4 years ago
I'm seriously not one of them who look soft and weak around men! One of my principles 😆
#79
This Hurts My Stomach
#80
Modern Day Dogecoin Holders
#81
Sick Balcony Bro
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
No more slaves, had to pay workers, less money to spend on marble columns... And here is that soviet post-war crap. PS : the painter's name is Thomas Cole.
Chris Kane 4 years ago
disagree, we still have beautiful architecture and those flats are a million times better than the cheap houses of the past.
#82
United Fruit Company Bananas Are Packed Full Of Both Potassium And Freedom!
#83
The Fact That They Threw Me Through A Window Rather Than Out Of One Makes Me Think The Kidnappers Weren't Really Listening
Premislaus de Colo 4 years ago
They must've learned something because it sure looks like infenestration
Roselyn Park 4 years ago
I’m always intrigued by the idea that the act of defenestration had to have occurred often enough for someone to give it a name. 🤔
#84
Alright, Who Put Turkey's Seat Next To Greece's?
Mazer 4 years ago
The USA tends to pick a country to vilify, then a decade later that country becomes a huge tourist attraction. Let’s learn to just skip the vilification part
J. F. 4 years ago
Or to not trust so easily - Turkey currently stirs up some trouble again
Load More Replies... #85
To Be Fair, Darwin Needed All Those Samples So He Could Have Something To Eat On The Way Home
#86
Savage Mode
#87
Wall's Was Founded In 1922 And Now Is Present Pretty Much Everywhere
A B C 4 years ago
Actually it's not Wall's that's using 26 different names, but it's Langnese using 26 different names including Wall's, as it's a German brand that was initially called Langnese (and still is in Germany).
Stimpy 4 years ago
Also, with a name like "Langnese" they should be having Pinocchio as s logo, not those twirling hearts...
Load More Replies...
Rose Yellow Mint 4 years ago
It is called as Algida in Turkey and im surprised to see that it has other names
#88
'diego, I Feel So Energised Now! I Feel Like I Can Topple A Mesoamerican Empire Or Two'
#89
You Can Hardly Find A Neutral Country
NsG 4 years ago
Spain was neutral because they'd only just finished their own civil war and didn't exactly have the resources or inclination to start fighting again.
Kate 4 years ago
And it was technically neutral, but the place was crawling with Nazis.
Load More Replies... Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
Mexico actually did not care for Pearl Harbor. It only declared war in 1942 after the sinking of two oil carriers near Galveston, Tx.
Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
The Axis, like the Confederacy, never had a snowball's chance in hell.
Jon S. 4 years ago
If Britain had come to peace terms in 1940 when its entire land army had been annihilated, then it would all have been very different.
Load More Replies... 
rotten miracles 4 years ago
I thought Iceland declared neutral and was then invaded by the allies forces?
Jon S. 4 years ago
Why is Iran grey? Didn't Britain invade it during ww2? I know that doesn't make it an axis power but it still fought in the war.
Jon S. 4 years ago
And Iceland shouldn't be green. That was another country the British invaded during the war.
Load More Replies... #90
Ahh Sh*t Here We Go Again
Premislaus de Colo 4 years ago
And what role exactly did the Vikings played in the sack of Constantinople 200 years later? SMH
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
They aren't historically accurate vikings . . . . . they aren't historically accurate anything.
Load More Replies... #91
You Heard The Man
#92
Knock Knock It’s The Mongols
Chich 4 years ago
Lets not forget the "Knock knock. it's Atilla and you are all so f*****g dead" phase.
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
Or even more scary . . . . . knock, knock its Genghis . . . . . . . . . . .
Load More Replies... Andy Acceber 4 years ago
True for world history classes. Not true for world history. There were LOTS of thriving empires around the globe that western "world history" classes frequently skip over.
J. F. 4 years ago
It's a current trend to pick on european history, everything else would be seen as racist on the internet
Load More Replies... Yula Lopez 4 years ago
I think we can all agree pretty much every nation has at least some history which is awful...I only hope these histories never, ever repeat themselves. Still shouldn't minimise the damage done by European colonisation, and other empires should be talked about too
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
Knock, knock. Who's there? Genghis.Ghengis who? Genghis Khan you beat this? I don't think so. Was that bad? That was bad, wasn't it?
#94
“Lets Build A City On Top Of This Lake That Will Be Home To 200,000 People, Snake Told Me To Do So”
Somethingpenguin 1 year ago
He followed a cow until it died then killed a dragon then later got killed into a snake
Load More Replies... #95
I'm Sure This Style Of Duelling Will Really Take Off
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Today a third balloon would appear, bearing a lawyer seeking exclusive broadcasting rights before its too late.
LILYANDPEARL 4 years ago
I mean, if we all go to war again then this is how I would personally like ww3 to play out
#96
The More Ya Know
Chich 4 years ago
If it wasn't for the French the US might have lost their revoluntionary war. But let's forget that.
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
No, let's not forget that. It was a very important alliance
Load More Replies... J. F. 4 years ago
There are a lot of those, but due to respect to our french friends I won't write one down. (I wonder if there are jokes about us germans around in France as well)
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
No. We see you as perfect insensitive efficient robots.
Load More Replies... #97
It Would Make Living In Japanese Pow Camp Look Like A Vacation
BarkingBunny 4 years ago
Faaaarrr too much to post here. You really need to look it up. PREFERABLY in an Iroquois history book (check your local library~ not Wiki)
Load More Replies...
Virginie Michaud 4 years ago
Careful there. The Iroquois were great warriors, but they were also purposely made the bad guys because they allied themselves to the Americans, and the French Canadians and British needed a bad guy to inspire their own troops to fight... There is a lot of distortion, exageration and myth building around the :ruthless bloodthirsty" Iroquois story.
#100
Gotta Feel Bad For Beethoven There
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
So he was upset this asshole turned out to be another kind of assholes?
#101
Hey, What's Wrong With Having A Good Splurge If You've Got The Money?
#103
There Were Very Few Clear Cut “Good Guys” And “Bad Guys” In The First World War
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Well, if that’s how you feel about it, I might as well join the Freikorps.
Peter Hughes 4 years ago
Living on the NE coast of England, we know who the bad guys were... The Germans bombed civilian towns from their battleships for no military gain.
Jon S. 4 years ago
The brits cut off food supplies to German civilians. There were no good guys in the first world war, it was all about imperial interests.
Load More Replies... #104
The Battle Of Antietam Was A Slaughterhouse. 3,700 Soldiers From Both Sides Were Killed Making It The Bloodiest Day In American History
Kusotare 4 years ago
Perhaps, but not nearly as much of a traitor as those now being lionized in certain circles as "Southern Gentlemen".
Load More Replies... #105
Take Notes Boys
Laura Mende (Human) 4 years ago (edited)
"And when we go on night patrol, we hold each others hand!!!" 🎵 Can't get it out of my mind. THANKS!
#106
Can’t Trick Me
I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 4 years ago
At least Swan are Loyal to their Love one even after death
#107
'a Body Of Water?! Those Crafty British Bastards...'
J. F. 4 years ago (edited)
It was mostly the british air superiority over the channel that prevented larger landing operations. Despite having the better planes (BF109) the Luftwaffe had a very limited time frame before the pilots needed to get back to base. The RAF had shorter distances and could get resupplied before the germans planes came back again.
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
The intelligent use of radar didn't half help either as did Fighter Command as did the Royal Observer Corp as did the many brave foreign volunteers as did the industrious factory workers.
Load More Replies...
#109
The Pork Taboo Actually Predates The Old Testament And The Qur’an; Pig Livestock In The Middle East Sharply Declined Around 1000 Bc. Historians Are Still Debating The Reasons Behind The Taboo
J. F. 4 years ago
Pork requires a lot more preparation to be stored without spoiling - at the time those rules took form it was very hard to get the necessary conditions (mostly cold temperatures) together in those regions
Jon S. 4 years ago
I think the more important question is why people suddenly started rejecting pork in that region when they had used it for thousands of years, and their neighbours kept eating it. Sudden revelation about how easily pork spoils? It seems doubtful.
Load More Replies...
Jon S. 4 years ago
The best reason I've heard proffered is that the philistines who settled in the levant around 1000BC heavily relied on pork in the early years of their occupation, so rejecting pork was a good way of demonstrating that you did not belong to the invaders. But it is a guess at best.
Jon S. 4 years ago
Or the other reason I like is that it is to do with empire economies in Egypt/Assyria, which discouraged keeping pigs (which are hard to tax) but encouraged keeping sheep and goats (which are easy to tax in the form of cheese and wool). So pigs came to be seen as poor people's food and inherently unclean.
Load More Replies... Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
Parts of the OT are from before 1000 BCE. Qur'an is from about 700 CE.
Jon S. 4 years ago
No part of the old testament has reliably been dated to before 800bc
Load More Replies... Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure pigs are the only livestock animal that can digest human bones. That fact alone in 1000 BCE would be enough to give me doubts.
RandomX123 4 years ago
Isn't there a story about a person being exorcised and as there was nothing else to keep the demon in, it was cast into a pig/group of pigs, which went insane and jumped into a river and died?
ZAPanda 4 years ago
Again, the prohibition predates the jesus stories by about 1000 years.
Load More Replies...
I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 4 years ago
I don't know why you were downvoted but pigs r filthy living animals
Load More Replies... #110
The Korean War Was The First And The Last Time The UN Had Any Balls
#112
Liberty Ships Were Garbage, But Were Very Useful Garbage
#113
'hey There, Jojo. Tell Me, Have You Ever Driven A Panzer Before?'
#114
The Dad Was A Culhua Magnate Named Achitometl. Imagine Going To Your Daughter's Wedding, Only To See Her Being Turned To Apparel. The Aztecs Were Dicks Of The Highest Order
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I don't know this story and feel like I don't want to looking at this meme..😵
Load More Replies...
#115
Contrary To Popular Belief, The Conquest Of Africa Was A Difficult Affair And Tens Of Thousands Of European Soldiers Died. The African Nations Valorously Resisted Until The End
#116
World? No Thanks, "Known World" Will Do Just Fine...
#117
The Spice Must Flow
Randolph Croft 4 years ago
At one point in the later Roman Empire peppercorns were worth more than gold by weight.
#118
Many Famous Italian Writers Used His Dialect Centuries After His Death Because It Was That Good
Kori Chamberlain 4 years ago
Ha. Historical memes without context would be a better name for this list.
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
Dante (and a few of his intellectual equals) didn't so much as invent Italian as curate it. The method seems to have been . . . . . . choose the most pleasing word from all those dialects to represent, say, the word for apple and there you go . . . . . it is mela from now on.
Add New Image
Explore more of these tags
What do you think ?
You May Like 50 Hilarious Ancient Egypt Memes You Don't Need To Know Hieroglyphics To Understand 50 of the Best Memes of All Time That Are Icons of Internet Culture A Collection Of History Jokes That Never Go Out Of Date
Mantas Kačerauskas
Ilona Baliūnaitė
Saimonas Lukošius
Related on Bored Panda
