also good for deterring the monsters under the bed

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

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

You guys are getting bread?

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

Seriously?!?

Bringing up the revolution again?

Awwww. Friends forever!

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

Tis Valhalla indeed!

And the Australians couldn't even beat the emus.

No, your ancestors were! - Sincerely, the Irish

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

Pictured: DJ Francis Drake rapping like there is no tomorrow

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

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

Franz Ferdinand feels this...

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

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And the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact??

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

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

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

hexagons ⬢⬣

Cute

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

How very humble

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

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 Ironically it was apparently Canada that passed laws to ban liquor first, then USA followed while Canada repealed decision.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

The Germans had a similar experience too...

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

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

Cross dresser?

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

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

Istanbul not Constantinople, yeah it's Istanbul not Byzantium

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

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

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

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

Can someone help me wiyth this one?

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

I read harry Truman as Harriet tubman 4 some reason?

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

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