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 the subreddit r/HistoryMemes and Instagram account HistoryInMemes have recently released.
From making fun of the British Museum's never-ending thirst for artifacts to corrupt Presidents, continue scrolling, check them out, and upvote your favorites!
#1 Elvis' Chance Of Getting Polio Has Left The Building; Thank You And Good Night!
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#2 Sad But True
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#3 Uhh Excuse Me
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#4 I Think We Can All Agree On This One
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#5 Uhh Sir?
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#6 Thank You Very Much
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#7 Mad Respec
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#8 Trying To Get Rid Of The Evidence? Not On Mr Eisenhower's Watch!
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#9 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
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#10 It Do Be Like That
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#11 200 Iq
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#12 Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do
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#13 More Info In The Comments About Arondeus
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#14 Abc News Called It "The Poster Child Of Excessive Lawsuits" But Most People Don't Believe That Anymore
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#15 Money Money Money Moneyyy
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#16 Greek Fire Was An Incendiary Substance Developed By The Byzantine Empire Around 666 Ad. It Would Mainly Be Used In Naval Battles, And Would Be Sprayed From A Nozzle Onto Nearby Enemy Ships
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#17 Any Great Historical Figure Would Be Honoured To Be Played By Cillian Murphy, I'm Sure
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#18 Does Mythology Count?
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#19 Sacrifice Sacrifice
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#20 So Long, Suckers! I Hope You Enjoy Figuring Out Where Tf I Went For The Next 50 Years!
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#21 If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
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#22 Dirty Dog
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#23 It Was Those Damn Sea Peoples, Wasn't It? Answer Me!
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#24 That’s Rude
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#25 Rasputin Would Also Impress The Court With His Infamous Trick Of Finding A Penny Behind Someone's Ear
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#26 Feels Bad Man
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#27 Man, Greek Fire Sure Is Effective! Fingers Crossed That Someone Makes A Note Of How To Make It...
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#28 'no Napoleon, I Am Not Roleplaying As The Tsar'
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#29 Damn Son
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#30 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
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#31 It's All Watergate Under The Bridge
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#32 'diego, I Feel So Energised Now! I Feel Like I Can Topple A Mesoamerican Empire Or Two'
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#33 A Catholic Priest Heard The Survivors' Confessions And Had To Reassure Them That They Were Not Damned For Cannibalism
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#34 Must’ve Been Sloppy
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#35 Dammit, Marilyn! Not In Front Of The Democratic Party!
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#36 Too Easy
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#37 History Ain’t Pretty
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#38 Big Brain
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#39 Don’t Give Into Peer Pressure
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#40 How Wholesome The Turntables
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#41 I Diagnose You With Housewife
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#42 You Can Always Rely On The Wise Words Of Captain Holt
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#43 I'm Sure This Style Of Duelling Will Really Take Off
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#44 Hah Get It
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#45 The More Ya Know
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#46 To Be Fair, Darwin Needed All Those Samples So He Could Have Something To Eat On The Way Home
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#47 Wall's Was Founded In 1922 And Now Is Present Pretty Much Everywhere
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#48 Bowling Was Huge In Narmoutheos 5000 Years Ago
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#49 'man, I Love This Skirt! Also, You Heard Khomeini's Latest Speech? That Guy Sure Is Whacky, Huh?'
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#50 And Our Empire, Across The Sea, Armed And Guarded By The British Fleet Would Carry On The Struggle
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#51 You Heard The Man
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#52 Rude
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#53 Game Changer
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#54 Modern Day Dogecoin Holders
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#55 Eww Yuck Spit That Out
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#56 India’s Chad Air Force
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#57 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
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#58 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
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#59 There Were Very Few Clear Cut “Good Guys” And “Bad Guys” In The First World War
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#60 I Am Confusion
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#61 Yoink
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#62 The Spice Must Flow
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#63 It's Just A Little Nudge Towards Open Trading. How Bad Can It Be?
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#64 That Backfired On The Rnc
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#65 There Goes Buck Franklin, The Impeccably Well Dressed Lawyer Who Practices Law Out Of A Tent
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#66 United Fruit Company Bananas Are Packed Full Of Both Potassium And Freedom!
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#67 Money Makes Countries Do Crazy Things
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#68 Gotta Feel Bad For Beethoven There
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#69 You’re Missing Out If You’re Not Following
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#70 Ahh Sh*t Here We Go Again
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#71 Kinda Sus
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#72 Like A Boss
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#73 It Really Do Be Like That
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#74 Us Citizen
#75 Pain
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#76 Knock Knock It’s The Mongols
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#77 Feels Bad Man
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#78 No Fair
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#79 Is The Best Account You’re Not Following!
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#80 Can’t Trick Me
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#81 'a Body Of Water?! Those Crafty British Bastards...'
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#82 Liberty Ships Were Crap, But Were Very Useful Crap
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#83 Either He’s Rotting In A Forest Or A Grave And If It’s The Second One, Good On Him
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#84 The Fact That They Threw Me Through A Window Rather Than Out Of One Makes Me Think The Kidnappers Weren't Really Listening
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#85 The Korean War Was The First And The Last Time The UN Had Any Balls
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#86 “Lets Build A City On Top Of This Lake That Will Be Home To 200,000 People, Snake Told Me To Do So”
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#87 The Battle Of Antietam Was A Slaughterhouse. 3,700 Soldiers From Both Sides Were Killed Making It The Bloodiest Day In American History
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#88 'hey There, Jojo. Tell Me, Have You Ever Driven A Panzer Before?'
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#89 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
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#90 You Can Hardly Find A Neutral Country
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#91 Alright, Who Put Turkey's Seat Next To Greece's?
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#92 Alright, Which One Are You Again? Honestly, It's Hard To Keep Track
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#93 Hey, What's Wrong With Having A Good Splurge If You've Got The Money?
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#94 "If There Was An Allied Hero Who Deserved To Be Remembered And Celebrated, This Was A Person With Few Peers"
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#95 It’s Complicated
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#96 Instant Hands
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#97 Free Real Estate
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#98 Savage Mode
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#99 1914 Was A Wild Year
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#100 This Hurts My Stomach
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#101 This Hurts
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#102 Typical
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#103 History
#104 Sick Balcony Bro
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#105 It Would Make Living In Japanese Pow Camp Look Like A Vacation
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#106 You Wasn't There You Know Nothing
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#107 World? No Thanks, "Known World" Will Do Just Fine...
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#108 So Strong And Independent
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#109 This Hit Different
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#110 Take Notes Boys
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#111 Smh My Head
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#112 Only My Big Brain Followers Will Get This Meme
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#113 Moscow, Idaho
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#114 Love To See It
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#115 Highway To The.....oops, Wrong Branch
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#116 Couldn’t Pay Me Enough To Be A Drummer Boy
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#117 Many Famous Italian Writers Used His Dialect Centuries After His Death Because It Was That Good
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#118 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
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#119 Sorry Jfk, But You Should Have Stuck To Journalism
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