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“That Wasn’t Me. That Was Germany”: 50 History Lessons, As Shared By ‘History Told In Memes’
While history might seem like a boring subject to some, many would argue that it is absolutely fascinating. But no matter which side you belong to, you ought to admit that learning history with the help of memes can be quite fun.
Nowadays, those interested in history-based memes have many options to choose from. But today we want to shed light on the ‘History Told In Memes’ Instagram account, and some of the pearls it has shared with history enthusiasts online. Covering everything from wars to royalty and so much more, the posts are both entertaining and informative, so if you’re curious to browse them, wait no longer and scroll down to find them on the list below.
On the list below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with Assistant Professor of History at the Department of History, Philosophy, and Geography at Columbus State University, Dr. Laura Davis, and Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dr. Samuel J. Redman, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions about history.
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Lew k 1 year ago
Lol, never thought of the irony of an naming a DC system after tesla.
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painttheyellowsubgreen 1 year ago
Tesla was robbed. Edison was a fraud and a crook. Nothing Edison is given credit for inventing is true. All Edison ever did was take existing inventions and improve or change them enough to be able to re-patent them in his name.
Incognito11 1 year ago
Edison was a business man, not an inventor. He'd be more hated than Musk were he alive today.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
For those not in the know, Edison stole most of his ideas from Tesla. Very much like the owner of today's Tesla.
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Russell Bowman 1 year ago
Turkmenbashi of Turkmenistan ... known as the president for life. He was one of the world's most repressive dictators.
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justagirl 1 year ago
french revolution. chop chop chop chop chop chop chop.
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Discussing the significance of history with Bored Panda, Dr. Laura Davis emphasized that it is literally all around us. “It's the lived experiences of the people we are talking to, the buildings we walk by every day, the historic monuments and markers we drive by and don't always notice, and the murals on the side of a building.”
She noted that the past shapes, impacts, and informs the present. Therefore, history helps us make informed decisions about the present. “The knowledge of history helps us to contextualize the ever changing and often chaotic present by allowing us to understand change over time, cause and effect, and contingency,” she said, adding that by studying history, we can better understand how and why we got to a specific moment in time. “To quote the American Historical Association, #EverythingHasAHistory.”
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Bear Hall 1 year ago
Cough The only thing hindering Hitler marching into Vienna was the euthisiastic crowd. Cough Sixth of the Austrian people was registered member of the Nazi Party. Cough Austria represented about 8 per cent of the population of the Third Reich, about 13 per cent of the SS, about 40 per cent of the concentration camp personnel, and as much as 70 per cent of the people who headed the concentration camps were of Austrian background. Cough The arresting Gestapo officer of Anne Frank was a police officer in Vienna before and AFTER the War. He stayed an officer even after he freely admited he arrested Anne Frank and the people she was hiding with.
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UKGrandad 1 year ago
I understood the reference. "Oh, you're German. I'm sorry, I thought there was something wrong with you."
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Queeqec 1 year ago
It's not our fault, if the Germans collect the garbage we've been tossing out.
Ray LeBlanc 1 year ago
Now it's time to show your metal and join NATO. Neutral doesn't cut it anymore in Europe.
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
Just returned from short break in Vienna. While visiting Belvedere, I intentionally fired few questions about Klimt's work, whether all is displayed there.
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Adrian 1 year ago
There's an argument that they saved them. Look at what the Taliban are doing...
robin aldrich 1 year ago
In some cases, perhaps they did, but in most cases they literally pillaged them and refuse to give them back when the countries that they belong to ask them to
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Ray LeBlanc 1 year ago
Had most of them been left in Europe and Africa, both during and right after WW2 , they would have been looted and sitting in private collections now never to be seen in public.
noname noproblem 1 year ago (edited)
Talibans: look at what the french revolution did, most of the castles, churches, monasteries... were looted, arsoned and sold for their stones...
Bill Kubeck 1 year ago
True, but also many such things, especially Egyptian ones, are getting far better treatment in their homelands than they ever got from the museums who bought them from tomb robbers.
“Understanding history allows us to gain invaluable critical thinking skills: contextualization, analyzing problems, evaluating evidence, and debating,” Dr. Davis continued. “It helps us gain cultural awareness and empathy for those who may be different from us. It teaches us about both the past and the present, allowing us to see patterns and to understand cause and effect—-and how and why things are the way that they are. And, history can even help us understand ourselves better.”
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robin aldrich 1 year ago
And with a total lack of regular maintenance, it's hilarious that the communities complain about not having the money to redo them and my County recently wanted to increase the sales tax another one percent to cover fixing the roads...when they had already done that with the gas tax that was supposed to cover fixing the roads...
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Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Try making an accurate replica of a roman road. Drive 18 wheelers on it for a few weeks. See how it goes.
Terran 1 year ago
Hahaha, the thought that an 18 wheeler would survive for several weeks on a roman road really is absurd. 9 broken axles after two hours is what I say. Roman roads are incredibly bumpy and not as smooth as depicted on pictures.
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Gunnar Strandt 1 year ago
2 days with modern traffic and trucks and the roman road is gone🤷♂️
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
It was recently discovered that the reason Roman concrete lasts so much longer is because they mixed quicklime into the mix. When the concrete cracked, and water seeped in, it mixed with the quicklime and created a self-repairing mortar.
Weaponized Beef 1 year ago
Not a lot of multi-ton vehicles going down the Roman road.at speeds of 25+ mph all day.
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Ray LeBlanc 1 year ago
I hope their ghosts come and rattle your cage at night. It's funny, but sick.
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Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 1 year ago
This is incredibly accurate. The US built some brutalist stinkers in that era too. There are a couple in my city.
noname noproblem 1 year ago
That's what happens when you leave technocrats decide for the masses. I'm looking at you, Le Corbusier.
Abram M 1 year ago
WW2 leveled alot of buildings and they needed a fast and cheap replacements.
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“We also learn that we are not necessarily alone in terms of the emotions we experience or the challenges we face. Previous generations of humans have dealt with many of the same challenges. Those who have spent time learning about and thinking through history also tend to develop greater empathy and a better understanding of the richness of human perspectives and ideas. We learn about the forces that have shaped our world and that many of them are still active, influencing the world in which we live today.”
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Passerby 1 year ago
Believe it or not, this meme helped me remember the difference in American English and British English spelling. I used to be confused which is which because I learned English as a second language, and I have seen both used in my textbooks and lessons.
Caroline Overill 1 year ago
A lot of the English Language is influenced by French. Colour is couleur in French so guess we missed out one u and an e. We were also influenced by german. In the 15th century the Word short was spelt schort. There are a few words like that still such as schedule which the USA still pronounces shedule and we pronounce skedule. Everything changes.
Science Nerd 1 year ago
You might want to note that Shakespeare used “color” and “center” among others.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
True, but he also signed his own name with several different spellings, so I wouldn't use him as an example.
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Stephan Daudt 1 year ago
I heard that this is because of the telegraph. If you have to pay per letter, then extra vowels are undesirable.
UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
No, it was because Noel Webster thought that English spellings were too complex so when he wrote his dictionary he simplified them and thus invented American-English.
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Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Apparently the founder of VW was a big fan of Ford. Ford didn't seem to mind until the very end of his life.
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Henry & Adolf both had signed photos of each other on their desks.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
Ford was a notorious anti-semite and even met with Hitler at some point. Just because he didn't start the war didn't mean he didn't support it.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
There is no evidence that Ford ever spoke with Hitler, let alone met him. Ford was an anti-Semite and did meet with Kurt Ludecke, a representative of Hitler, at Ford's home.
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UKGrandad 1 year ago
He wasn't the founder, he was brought in to design the 'Beetle'.
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AussieTolkein 1 year ago
Henry Ford wrote a book titled "The International Jew" in which he quotes Jewish people. It was originally a series of News articles.
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G A 1 year ago
What about Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, the Roman empire, the Ottoman empire, Nazi Germany, Imperial Germany, Japan, the Mongols, Communist China, Russia et al?
Georgy 1 year ago
13 Colonies: 'oh, hello everywhere to the Pacific Ocean'
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It’s no secret that many people nowadays get their knowledge from online sources, be it history or any other subject they’re interested in. But when browsing the loads of information, it’s crucial to make sure that the sources are reliable.
“For better or worse, many people get their history from the online world: recorded lectures on YouTube, informative TikToks, social media accounts that recount past events or share primary sources, web sites for museums and historic sites, and online articles like this one that engage in historical content. The issue of this, of course, is that not all accounts are trustworthy or based on historical data,” Dr. Davis pointed out.
“Just as we train our students to analyze primary sources to understand the creator's intent, audience, message, and historical context, we need to be critical of the online sources where we learn our history. Who is creating it? Why are they creating it? Where are they getting their information from?”
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Libstak 1 year ago
Those who don't blame it on them are still apparently commies....or fascists (?). USA needs to learn what things mean...
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Brandie Litchfield 1 year ago
A trump supporter told my neighbors that I'm a communist two weeks ago, because how dare I believe that children deserve free lunch at school, do these people truly believe that free speech ONLY exists for them and the rest of us are so evil for daring to disagree with them or *gasp* have our own opinion??? The hatred and hypocrisy is just disgusting. Also funny how they spent last 4 years LOUDLY screaming the election was rigged and then attempted a violent overthrow of our government,, assaulting officers protecting the legislators that they felt entitled to assault, threaten,, and would've unalived, but once trump "won", now they tell everyone else "to get over it already". Wtf??
Phil Green 1 year ago
1950s America? Judging by the recent election and all the horror running up to it...
ANTIVICTORIA 1 year ago
So funny because #11 just blamed western imperialism on...Russia and China.
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The spooky explanation 1 year ago
So, is Huawei a Chinese phone, so it's showing how they pretend it didn't happen?
Frances Pitchoune 1 year ago
No it's not. This historic moment is too sad to laugh about.
Load More Replies... Glix Drap 1 year ago
Now ask yourself, do you really think they don't have the ability to listen to you with one of these if they want you?
Bluonthefront 1 year ago
Of course they do. It's part of targeted marketing.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
I remember seeing this on the news as a child... They were Pro-Democracy demonstrators.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
My partner the other day was calling him "silly" um. Like....😁
Load More Replies...“Critical thinking means applying some degree of skepticism to all sources, but this is especially important when applied to sources authored online by non-experts,” Prof. Redman emphasized, discussing the reliability of online sources.
“Who created this source? What motivated them? What is the evidence behind the claims being made? What are the perspectives, points of view, or biases that are being expressed in this content? Can this information be verified by another, potentially more reliable source? With a great deal of online content such as memes, viewers are never given the chance to see the evidence behind these claims. What sources are being used behind this content? Without the ability to look deeper, viewers rarely check the veracity of the claims being made by many history-oriented memes.”
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Mavis 1 year ago
If Trump pulls America out of Nato the consequences for Poland could be catastrophic. They are next on Putins list.
Fred L. 1 year ago
I'd think be it with or without the US leaving there are a few other countries on that list before Poland. No reason for anybody to slouch though, winter is coming.
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Dariusz M. D. 1 year ago
Poland has been spending insane amount of money, in comparison to the size of the economy, on her defense. Military spending in 2025 will reach 5% of the GDP.
David 1 year ago
you know until the 1700s, poland was a pretty expansionist empire. I mean they even controlled Moscow at one time. It took Prussia, Russia, and Austria 3 wars over 30 years to destroy Poland. Took Germany and Russia in ww2 to end it a second time. Poland does well in one on one fights, its the multi-direction double teams they have trouble with.
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
They invaded few countries as well, before being invaded. And no, the 20th century wasn't the first time Poland was invaded or split between
Robert T 1 year ago
Now if you'd just like to go and stand alone on say Mars, that would be just fine and dandy.
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Glix Drap 1 year ago (edited)
England at war? Last time I checked it was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
Surely the french people didn't mind that (how many "Brittons" are descendants of Normans, originally from Normandy, the one in France).
UKGrandad 1 year ago
The Normans were not originally from Normandy; the place was named for the people who settled there, the Nortmanni - North men. They were Scandinavian Vikings.
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According to Dr. Redman, social media is a mixed bag for learning about history. “Without fact-checking, peer review, or any significant regulation, social media tends to favor stories that sound convincing, rather than stories we know to be true,” he noted.
“These stories sometimes contain grains of truth while also being wildly misleading or even inaccurate. Sometimes social media content is merely copied from another inaccurate source. I've noticed that many recent history videos posted online are written by artificial intelligence (AI). These tend to aggregate similar stories posted online and amalgamate them into ‘new content.’ But much like the weird human-like photos (with six fingers) that AI frequently generates, something within these AI-generated videos is usually a little ‘off.’
“On the other hand, social media has the potential to connect people with stories that interest them, especially in introducing them to stories with which they are unfamiliar,” the expert added. “Social media also has a global reach, introducing audiences to new stories, aided by rich visuals, and opening the door to added curiosity.”
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Fred L. 1 year ago
Fun fact about the picture (Zulu, 1964): Nigel Green, the actor portraying Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne (left), was 39 during the film production. During that battle the real Frank Bourne was merely 23.
Miles Mawyer 1 year ago
I was just thinking about this movie the other day.
Load More Replies... Fred L. 1 year ago
Alright, Jonesy. Apparently there were 2 John Jones at the battle (5 Jones total, 2 received the VC), so while we have 2 Jack Jones present ours was still a fictional child at that point.
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Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
Michael Cain's first ( ? ) or one of the early films he acted in. Anyway, a great film.
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Justin Tyme 1 year ago (edited)
My father lied about his age, joined the US Army at age 16, and got sent to the Korean War. He was wounded in combat twice. The second time was so bad that he spent about seven months in a hospital. He left the Army on a medical discharge as a disabled veteran just after his 18th birthday. He suffered pain from his war wounds every day for the next 65 years until he died.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
My father tried to join the army when he was 13 AND THEY TOOK HIM! His father went and hauled him back home. Two years later he tried again, and this time they let him stay. He turned 17 when he was deployed in Italy with the Transvaal Scottish in 1945!
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Marnie 1 year ago (edited)
My uncle went to sign up during WWII (not WWI - this just made me remember). He was 15. He told them he was 18. They said okay. He was maybe 5' 3" and weighed 110 pounds. Became a machine gunner. He was incredibly sweet. Made friends with all the animals around the farm growing up - even the grumpy ones who hated everyone else. After the war with Germany ended, he was stationed in Germany. In three months (three!) he had become so fluent that he was made an official interpreter for the army. He was a very talented guy. And then as my Dad put it, "He left the army, walked straight into a bar and never left." He had all the signs of PTSD. He became a horrible alcoholic. Died of it weighing 82 pounds after about 20 years of acting like he had a very low IQ due to alcohol. Hadn't worked or had a life in at least 15. He was just a sloppy, happy drunk with nothing to say and no thoughts in his head. Leached off of my other uncle who was kind enough to take him in. Such a tragedy.
Robert T 1 year ago
My great-uncle enlisted in WWI when he was 16. He got a German snipers bullet in his leg. He never spoke much about it. Worked as a chauffeur and gardener most of his life. Huge man with hands like bunches of bananas.
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 1 year ago
Soldiers deceived into thinking it had something to do with democracy.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
I remember my granddad telling me about this, that the reason why they recruited younger ages was because they were losing men... That and some boys joined because they actively wanted to. We weren't there ourselves obviously so we have to rely on the generations that lived it to keep reminding us... Lest We Forget.
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Joining the military before one is able to fully understand the consequences going to war can have on one's life is stupid, injuries and PTSD are no fun, even a Donald Dump supporter should be able to figure this out..
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While some online sources can be a double-edged sword for history enthusiasts, factually correct memes tend to do more good than harm. “I think people can benefit from history-focused memes,” Asst. Prof. Davis told Bored Panda. “Memes can be an effective way to engage in history-based humor and draw people into the past. Memes often grab our attention, make what we are learning more memorable, and can make people, events, and ideas of the past seem more relatable to the present.
“I think the key is to take things a step further and then share more historical information about the event, place, or person highlighted in the meme. So, for example, a meme about World War II could also include a link to the National World War II Museum or a book about the conflict for more information,” she suggested.
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Joe Reaves 1 year ago
I'm way more upset about the codexes. Most of the contents of the library of Alexandria was also fond elsewhere. Almost the entire recorded history of multiple nations was destroyed by the Spanish because they weren't Catholic.
Chich 1 year ago
iirc a lot of it came down to one catholic cleric. A grave that needs pissing on.
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Andy Frobig 1 year ago
They did, but about 300 years in they forgot to update the credit card on their subscription
Load More Replies... Andy Frobig 1 year ago
How would we ever know if we care, if they all get destroyed?
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Weaponized Beef 1 year ago
Nah. They fixed the hunger problem at the same time.
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Seán Baron 1 year ago
As James May described it; Belgium, a country they invented so Britain and Germany could sort out their differences.
Mike Arclight 1 year ago
Neat, now do one that shows how Congo sees Belgium 🇧🇪 Need a hand? ✋️
Andy Frobig 1 year ago
I know a German who lives in the US and often goes back to visit his family. On one of those visits, he said he'd be visiting Paris too. I really wanted to ask, "are you going the traditional way, through Belgium with a dozen Panzer divisions?"
Simon Chen 1 year ago
Why havent you? Would have been funny! Its not true when people say germans have no sense of humor
Load More Replies... Verena 1 year ago
I live in NL next to the Belgian border, in a sort of "okay, be independet but we keep control of the access route to the most impirtant harbour"-area. Or, as my lovely cozsin from Oz commented: "Didn't the Belgiabs want it?" We have lots of interaction across the border, which is just a sign and a line on the road. Belgium never stops fascinating me, for instance they had no government during 2 years quite recently, but nobody noticed it. It is a country divided by a strict language and hate) line (Flemish and French), and do have areas where mainly German is spoken. Belgians love life and food and drinks and are mostly lovely people.
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
A Belgian refusing to drink Heineken in an Amsterdam bar was drinking Duval. While having a friendly argument with a local who was laughing at how bad the roads were, and their failure to have a government in place, the Belgian had a good reply. "We have the best food, the best beer and the best chocolate. Who cares about the rest?" The Dutchman tried to defend Dutch chocolate. :)
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Rattman Doug 1 year ago
Don't ask the French about how they see Belgium ...Unless you like dad's jokes .
Osprey 1 year ago
Belgium is a significant player in the global arms trade, with some of the world's top arms manufacturers based in the country. Belgium's top export destinations for arms and ammunition in 2023 were: France: 23% of exports Portugal: 13.3% of exports Italy: 12.3% of exports Germany: 10.6% of exports Spain: 8.15% of exports United Kingdom: 4.89% of exports Sweden: 3.01% of exports USA: 2.91% of exports Netherlands: 2.86% of exports Austria: 2.65% of exports owever, Belgium has also been criticized for its arms exports. For example, FN Herstal, a Belgian company, has sold machine guns to the Nigerian army and to military police in São Paulo, Brazil, despite documented abuses by those forces. In February 2024, Belgium temporarily suspended arms export licenses to Israel in response to the International Court of Justice's order and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
“Funny memes shouldn't be the only way we learn about history, but they do have the potential to open the door for educators to reach new audiences,” Dr. Redman noted, talking about the role memes and humor play in regards to educating oneself about history.
According to him, humor can be incredibly impactful in learning history. “People tend to learn better when they are plugged in and sincerely interested in the things being taught. Humor in teaching and storytelling tends to keep us engaged. In many times and places throughout history, amusing stories have been told not just to entertain, but also to make us think.
“Of course, not all histories lend themselves to humor in their being recounted, human lives also feature remarkable drama, tragedy, and sadness,” the historian added. “It is also the case that during many of the darkest moments in human history, people have sought out humor as an escape or a way to navigate life's many challenges.”
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Bluonthefront 1 year ago
We will soon find out if the non-MAGAt GOP members of Congress have any integrity. They all swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.
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Andy Frobig 1 year ago
I still run into people who say "the Nazis weren't right wingers, they were socialists. It's right in the name!"
Terran 1 year ago
"We could have called ourselves the Liberal party. It wouldn't have made any difference." -Adolf Hitler
Load More Replies... Gunný Petersen 1 year ago
Please enjoy your orange ugly dictator but try to not bother the rest of us. We know our history and it's repeating itself. Now it's not so cool to put education so far down the list that people actually think this is the way to go.
JM 1 year ago
Not sure why you got downvoted so please take my upvote. You are only speaking the truth about what happened in the election.
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John Dilligaf 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure that any American boy who turned 18 in 1942 knew exactly what the future held for him.
Michelle C 1 year ago
Yup. That memory just hit me hard, as that was the case for a late relative who enlisted then. Understandably, he said very little to anyone about it for the rest of his life, except those to whom he was the closest or had served in similar capacities.
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Alexandra 1 year ago
I have nothing but admiration for the Finnish, prepared as they are against the threat at their borders.
robin aldrich 1 year ago
But I recently had to look this up and as part of the treaty they ceded some territory to Russia... I'm not criticizing that...I'm just saying we should be more suspicious of Russia's plans ..they're not going to stop at Ukraine....
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
To all the Nordic countries: you guys are badasses, everything from dealing with invaders to the infrastructure of your nations, everything I admire.
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Then we have an American hero from the same war: Lauri Törni, who between fighting the ruzkies and becoming a soldier in the U.S. army were an officer In the WAFFEN S.S.!
ronniebeaton00 1 year ago
Back in antiquity, the Russians were so scared of the Finns, that the orthodox priests would conclude their sermons with the words "And may God preserve us from the terrible Finns."
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Incognito11 1 year ago
Constellations were named before the Greeks. Cave painting of Taurus with the Pleides found in the Lascaux caves 16,500 years ago.
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
The Bible mentions the names of constellations long before the Greeks.
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Dumb teenager 1 year ago
So basically Poland is Australia except instead of the climate setting you on fire it’s the Germans
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Rose Stewart 1 year ago
Definitely potatoes and not the fact that England stole and exported all the good food from Ireland
Load More Replies... Donkeywheel 1 year ago
An actual, documented, deliberate and indisputable genocide. But depending on who is responsible, its a forgettable detail or a shameful disgrace.
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Joe Reaves 1 year ago
French involvement in the former was a lot more successful than the latter lol
David 1 year ago
except the Vietnam war the farmers were mostly literate, most of the fights was not the VC (a myth) but the soviet armed North Vietnamese Army, that had the latest soviet tanks, fighter jets, air defense systems, and more, not to mention over 1000 Soviet officers as advisors, in a professional army that few years later defeated China as well
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Bluonthefront 1 year ago
At least the pope wasn't telling people to not get vaccinated. I think those that were vocal about trusting God to keep them safe from COVID should be banned from gun ownership for personal safety.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
I saw the Popemobile years ago when the then Pope visited our city... Bought a scarf for 2quid. Still have the scarf.... No idea why I'm telling you that btw! Just that the car is smaller than you'd think!
UKGrandad 1 year ago
If that was JPII's British visit in 1982 it was a Range Rover.
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Terry Fergusson 1 year ago
If you're supposedly guaranteed a spot in heaven then why are you trying to prevent yourself being eliminated?
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Seán Baron 1 year ago (edited)
It should also highlight that the Russians offered it to Great Britain first, to complete Canada, but they said no!
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Canadian confederation coming per July 1, 1867 might have made Britain think it might be a waste of money.
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Marnie 1 year ago
I am almost 60 and just realized I have no idea. Why is Alaska not part of Canada? I'm sure I learned that at some point in 2567 BC, but it completely escapes me now.
Holly Marley 1 year ago
Russia 'claimed' it first, mostly for the fur trade. The US was widely mocked for the purchase, often called "Seward's Folly" for the man who negotiated the purchase. But the US reasoning was it kept Russia from spreading further into North America. Russia thought that the US would then put pressure on Britain, and hoped the US would take over the Pacific coastline, if not all of BC.
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Jaeger (Jaeger) 1 year ago
Hey I live there! Russia first took all the fur and pelts, sold it and got embarrassed because they first found Gold, then after we found oil… and there was this town called Sitka, the Russians actually fought the natives there, the Tlingit pronounced: Clinkit fought them off.
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Jayjay 1 year ago
For Xiao Justinian, nice that you combine a chinese with a roman name. However, did you study Lu Xun yourself? I cite from Wikipedia: "Lu Xun was born into a family of landlords and government officials in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; the family's financial resources declined over the course of his youth. Lu aspired to take the imperial examinations, but due to his family's relative poverty he was forced to attend government-funded schools teaching "foreign education". Upon graduation, Lu studied medicine at Tohoku University in Japan, but later dropped out. He became interested in studying literature but was eventually forced to return to China because of his family's lack of funds. After returning to China, Lu worked for several years teaching at local secondary schools and colleges before finally finding an office at the Republic of China Ministry of Education." He was a minion of Mao and China, even though he knew about life from Japan.
Bartlet for world domination 1 year ago (edited)
Did BP suddenly penetrate the Great Firewall of China, or are we seeing a government troll?
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Breadcrumb. 1 year ago
It looks creepy on any other man than the Witcher. Yes the Witcher is less creepy than Ross from friends.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Political stuff aside? Am I the only one who thinks David Schwimmer looked/looks really Hot in that outfit? As in good looking not body temp!!!
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 1 year ago
One of my fave episodes of Friends ever. When he is in the bathroom unable to get the pants back up...OMG I laugh myself silly every time!
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
I think Pepin the Short's eldest might disagree with this. Especially given how Charlemagne is generally given credit for being the first of the line which lasted almost 1000 years. And he wasn't exactly gentle with heathens or people who didn't agree with him.
Cecilie Hammershøy 1 year ago
In Denmark we call it The German Roman Empire....no holy about it
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
Pretty much. All of Frisia suffered under Charlemagne.
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AussieTolkein 1 year ago
Everyone, please don't downvote Hmmm hmmmm, they made a historical error, he wasn't trolling the internet. A simple correction was adequate.
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Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
You want a kaiju??? THIS IS HOW YOU GET A KAIJU!!!
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trollingergirl 1 year ago
Isn't this a screenshot of the first ever uploaded clip on youtube? Hence... there is a first for everything.
painttheyellowsubgreen 1 year ago
He forgot about the copious quantities of wine. Lots and lots of wine, that went bad, and became vinegar. WOW, those are really tall mountains... I know what I'm going to do with all that vinegar.
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WW2 Axis in a nutshell.
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John Mosley 1 year ago
It's a tank. And the Tiger is not a big orange cat.
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Trophy Husband 1 year ago
People said it was daft to build a castle in the swamp, but I did it anyway! It's sent into the swamp... So I built another one, and that sank into the swamp... But the third one stood up!
Ace 1 year ago
"So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! "
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Joe Reaves 1 year ago
For most of these, they were also on a major trading route (usually a river). No idea what the US was thinking.
Sue User 1 year ago
North versus South. It was a compronise abd built there so so neither side could claim it. Lot more than that but having hard time typing.
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Cristi nah 1 year ago
Michael Collins, the first man to stay in the capsule and not walking in the moon
Child of the Stars 1 year ago
I'm irrationally proud that my astronomy-obsessed 11yo knows who Michael Collins was (is? I'm not sure if he's still alive).
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Buzz Aldrin is insane in the best possible way. "Hey moon! I stood on your face!"
Ace 1 year ago
And in the worst possible way - he endorsed Trump because he believes that's the best way to get more funding for Space exploration.
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Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago
But DK saved most of our Jewish people by transporting them to safety in Sweden. So there's that.
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Well and though traitors reported them and many were killed, our freedom fighters did their best to sabotage the nazis, many ships filled with our best food and other resources headed for the frontlines, were sunk before leaving our harbours...
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Steve Weidig 1 year ago
Even Luxembourg (which didn't have an army at the time) lasted longer than Denmark
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Stephan Daudt 1 year ago
Why else do you think we were the first to the moon and we are working so hard on Mars?
Andy Frobig 1 year ago
There isn't really any part of the USA that doesn't come from imperialism
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London Paris 1 year ago
1453 Fall of Constantinople IF you are saying "The fall of the Roman empire as a political entity". 476 for the WESTERN part of Roman empire. 1806 dissolution of the HRE by Napoleon but the HRE is NOT the remnants of THE Roman empire and I will fight you on this.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
"The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, Roman, or an empire." - Voltaire
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Western B or Eastern D (Holy Roman doesn’t count so not C and I don’t know why 1943 is even there, Mussolini’s fascists lasted about 10 minutes)
Seán Baron 1 year ago (edited)
20 years roundabout. He was elected in 1922. 8 years + longer than Hitler.
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Bear Hall 1 year ago
Just to make it clear it was the firebombing of Tokyo on March 9-10, 1945. It killed 100.000 people and injured another million.
Lee Henderson 1 year ago
Uhhhh...didn't Japan attack first and swear to fight for 10,000 years?
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Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
And what alphabet is English written in? What faith do most native English speakers have?
Glix Drap 1 year ago
Err, doesn't change the fact it is the most spoken language in the world and is the language of commerce.
Bluonthefront 1 year ago
English is not the most spoken, Mandarin Chinese is.
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Sarah M. 1 year ago
By the gods you're right. Every single other one of these humorous fictionalized memes about historical occurrences was 100% historically accurate in every detail and nuance. And then THIS travesty!!! 😶😶😶
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Five Years 1 year ago
Or the twenty six Ukrainian children buried in the basement of their drone-bombed school.
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Pernille 1 year ago
Does Daneland and Normandy count too? If Normandy counts, then does England count? How far back do we go in history?
Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
These were colonies at the beginning of the XIXth century...
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
And coming soon to a store near you - Aristotle in a Bottle. (And Plato Playdough for you kids!)
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Verena 1 year ago
Correct, but from what I gather, poor and that's why many young people leave Portugal to look for work in the northern countries of the EU.
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Officially the definition of 3rd world is "not politically aligned to NATO or the Warsaw pact". Portugal was a founder of NATO.
Ace 1 year ago
Not "officially". It's a thing with language that a word or expression means exactly what people use it to mean, so although it was coined from that definition that is not what it means nowadays.
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What's the second flag from the top? I know the others, but I don't know that one.
John Dilligaf 1 year ago
Portugal. The Portuguese empire lasted for 584 years, 1415 to 1999.
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David Paterson 1 year ago
Took me a minute to figure this out. I was thinking of the way the USA built two of its largest cities on the San Andreas fault.
Science Nerd 1 year ago
China and Korea probably thought the two cities were worth it at the time.
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setsuriseikou 1 year ago
Oooh, a nice one! Can't really be sure which one would have been better, though
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Ace 1 year ago
That's a local dialect name, but no, in normal language Nuremburg and Nürnberg are two different cities, hundreds of kilometres apart.
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
Me, I don't care for orange-headed leaders with as much brains as a thumb.
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Alexandra 1 year ago
No. He just killed a widely unpopular man and the Germans took the opportunity to exacerbate the situation because they had already decided to go to war, just not so soon. Partly because they thought it would quell the internal problems they had, partly because they feld ' surrounded' by hostile countries and partly because they felt that this is what they were there for: subjugating inferior, Eastern European, races.
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Alexandra 1 year ago
To be fair, there is a re-assesment of WWI literature. Of course war is hell, it always is, but it's not true that soldiers thought they were fighting for nothing. More diaries etc. have come to light that show that ordinary soldiers did think they were fighting for a good cause, that there is still humanity among people even in war.
Child of the Stars 1 year ago
War is not hell. Hell has only evil people. War is worse than hell because the innocent suffer. (A paraphrase of Hawkeye Pierce to Father Mulcahey in M*A*S*H)
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Verena 1 year ago
One of the many meanings of "kyo" seens to be Capital City. "To" is and or with
setsuriseikou 1 year ago
東京 (Toukyou) - "eastern capital", 京都 (Kyouto) - "capital city"
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Claire Collymore 1 year ago
I really don’t understand how BP can censor the word ‘d**g’ and ‘murder’ but think this meme is OK.
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Ron Man 1 year ago
These "history" collections are usually inaccurate, somewhat racist, and very jingoistic.
Mike Arclight 1 year ago
I mean, you're not wrong; but it's BP, what did you expect?
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Andrew Read 1 year ago
Most of these either glorify war or are so historically incorrect that they are insulting.
Ron Man 1 year ago
These "history" collections are usually inaccurate, somewhat racist, and very jingoistic.
Mike Arclight 1 year ago
I mean, you're not wrong; but it's BP, what did you expect?
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Most of these either glorify war or are so historically incorrect that they are insulting.
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