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#2

Historians Be Like:

Two men in suits sitting closely on grass, caption humorously explains historical friendship.

Final score:

282points

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Rigor Moreno 2 months ago

Go Alex and John! I'm sure they're happy during their lifetime. :

141points

#3

Habsburg Moment

Funny history meme about complex family trees with humorous Twitter exchange discussing ancestry.

Final score:

272points

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Dave Van Beurden 2 months ago

The Habsburg family tree is a wreath

220points

Memes aren’t just about expressing mundane thoughts about daily life. Many educators are using them as a learning tool for students.

In an article for The Learning Scientists, cognitive science expert Dr. Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel explained that memes can provide students with visual and verbal content. Ultimately, this helps strengthen comprehension skills.

#4

Aviation History Is Relative…

Two images comparing perceptions vs. reality of 50-year-old planes. Top: vintage jet, bottom: modern fighter jet.

Final score:

259points

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Floeckchen 2 months ago

Guys, 1990 was 34 years ago, not 10. Let the reality sink in and cry!

137points

#5

He Had To Ask

Portrait of a historical figure beside a naval battle illustration, illustrating a humorous history meme.

Final score:

239points

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Michael Largey 2 months ago

English captain: "Oh, just wait a bit. Ammunition is definitely headed your way."

19points

#6

Here We Go Again

A meme humorously illustrating history with a character contemplating keeping something after liberation.

Final score:

223points

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TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago (edited)

"I wouldn''t say liberated, more like under new management"

217points

We tend to absorb information more easily if it is related to daily life. Dr. Kuepper-Tetzel states memes are concrete examples of abstract and complicated concepts.

Memes help extract ideas through the interplay of words and images. This, in turn, helps students understand the subject matter better.

#7

The Death Of Stalin

History meme with Stalin coughing and soldiers delivering bad news in a formal room setting.

In 1953, Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke which would lead to his death. The chance of his survival were very low due to several reasons. “The Doctors Plot” had be occurring for the last two years, in which Jewish doctors in the Soviet Union were falsely accused of conspiring to kill high ranking Soviets. This led to the imprisonment and death of many of the Soviet Union’s doctors. In fact, the KGB were currently torturing Stalin’s own personal doctor. High Ranking Soviets were also very weary of calling any doctors that were left due to the fear that Stalin may accuse them of trying to usurp power or anything really and have them killed or imprisoned if he got better. Basically everyone was kinda sick of him and knew that eventually it would be them on the chopping block. When doctors were finally called, it was too late. Barely anyone dared to even enter his room. When his maid finally did, she found him face down on the floor.

Some_Razzmataz Report

Final score:

201points

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Chihuahua Mama 2 months ago

Well he sealed his own fate

132points

#8

Nothing To See Here…

Funny meme humorously explaining history with a depiction of the Armenian Genocide being overlooked in historical texts.

Final score:

191points

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Alexandra 2 months ago

Fortunately, the Armenian Genocide is being acknowledged by more and more countries. Having said that, there are still a lot of genocides that need recognition, for instance the Nanking genocide by the Japanese.

181points

#9

Barrel Man Had The Right Ideas

Funny meme about Diogenes and his philosophy with a statue and quote highlighting historical humor.

Final score:

179points

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Der Kommissar 2 months ago

Diogenes had a great sense of humor. When Alexander approached him, and asked if he needed anything, Diogenes replied " Stand aside to stop blocking the sun. "

75points

In a way, memes also encourage critical thinking. To do this, Dr. Kuepper-Tetzel encourages teachers to create memes that allow students to link their knowledge to real-world observations.

In doing so, they explain concepts and break down big ideas using their own words. As Dr. Kuepper-Tetzel notes, elaboration using memes helps the overall learning process.

#10

Plot Armour Is Really Thick Here

Comic of a woman placing a baby in a basket on a river, surrounded by humorous animals, illustrating funny history memes.

Final score:

175points

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Elliot Blumenau 2 months ago

This is in fact in the Jewish bible, and the reason it worked is because he was being watched over by god.

43points

#11

Still Decoded Neanderthal Dna And Got The Nobel Prize In The End

Funny meme about DNA discovery with shocked and confused reactions.

Final score:

174points

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Enuya 2 months ago (edited)

There was this curious criminal case in Germany. Woman's DNA showed up in *many* crime scenes, in wholly different parts of the country and so close in time that she wouldn't be able to travel to all of these places. Everybody was deeply disturbed, including considering paranormal activities. It turned out that one series of DNA sampling kits was contaminated by a factory worker. If you want more info, google Phantom of Heilbronn.

186points

#12

Why Everybody Likes Ike

Meme depicts historical events with Orval Faubus opposing integration and Eisenhower intervening with federal action.

Final score:

170points

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XenoMurph 2 months ago

And conservatives pretend racism has just magically disappeared and now it's just over sensitivity and paranoia

132points

Educators can use memes in different ways to make schoolwork more relatable to students. High school math teacher Sharon Serano suggests using these eye-catching images to create class rules, learn new vocabulary, dramatize novels, and, as you’ve seen from this list, emphasize historical events.

#13

That Weird Time When Women Were Not Allowed To Take Part In Opera And Choirs So They Cut Boy's Balls For That

A person wearing a surgical mask holds a scalpel, illustrating a humorous history meme.

During much of the XVII and XVIII centuries women were not allowed to sing in choirs and opera. So in Italy boys who showed a lot of singing talent as kids were transformed into "castrati", in other words, they were castrated before puberty in order to prevent their voices to turn deeper so they could play women and characters with higher voices in opera, or be sopranos and mezzosopranos in choirs. In the process of castration many were administred near lethal doses of opium, causing many of them to die in the process.

The last of the castrati was a man called Alessandro Moreschi, who used to sang in the vatican choir. He died in the 1920s, and in fact he recorded himself singing in the early 1900s, leading to the only surviving archives of a castrati.

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Final score:

170points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Took a lot of balls to do that.

132points

#14

It Stood For 300 Years In One Of The Harshest Environments On Earth

History meme showing a comic dialogue about perseverance with an image of a lone tree in a desert setting.

Context: The Tree of Ténéré was considered to be the most isolated tree in the world. The tree survived for around 300 years in one of the harshest environments in the world. It resided in the Sahara Desert where it was the only tree around for 250 miles. The tree overcame all odds by spreading it’s roots 100 ft below the surface in order to reach the water table that laid below. It was notable for being a well known landmark for travelers in a harsh and unforgiving environment. It also stood as a testament to the once green Sahara that later became the barren wasteland we know today.

In 1973, a drunk driver smashed into it, snapping its trunk, killing the tree. The driver became known as the man who managed to crash into the only obstacle in miles.

Some_Razzmataz Report

Final score:

159points

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XenoMurph 2 months ago

Replace the tree with the driver

124points

#15

Heart Warming To See Romans Capable Of Love

Meme depicting Romans and their dogs, showing their emotional bond over 15 years.

Final score:

157points

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Auntriarch 2 months ago

Dammit this one gets me every time

58points

As an experiment, Serano encouraged her students to create math memes using their preferred app or website. She was surprised by the turnout, with 38 of her students submitting more than 100 memes.

In her article for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Serano said, “Memes are a great educational device for teachers and students alike to promote clarity, pedagogy, and humor.”

#16

Happens Too Often

Funny and accurate meme about historical figures' unexpected views, showing surprise and disbelief.

Final score:

151points

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DC 2 months ago

Martin Luther, if he was still alive in 1930, could have successfully sued a well known antisemitist - THE picturebook antisemitist - for plagiarism in his most successful book. But, as time heals all flaws, everything and their Grandma still is named after him.

35points

#17

Always The Same Pattern

Meme humorously depicting the grim realities of post-colonial African history with contrasting facial expressions.

Final score:

151points

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Fabian Bernard 2 months ago

''Independance'' in post colonial French Empire was quite a point of view. Search for ''Jacques Foccart'', you'll learn

26points

#18

Definition Of "Know Your Enemy"

Funny and accurate history meme about KGB's blackmail attempt on Sukarno with humor.

Final score:

150points

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BoredHouseKitty 2 months ago (edited)

Indonesian here. He was a serial womanizer with countless wives and lovers. He was once married to a Japanese woman, and then not long after he married another Japanese woman. Because of that, the first Japanese woman ki11ed herself in anger and sadness. Not proud of him. Because of other things too.

76points

Now it’s your turn to share insights, dear readers. Which of these memes caught your attention the most? Did any of them pique your interest and make you want to learn more? We’d like to hear about them in the comments!

#19

It's Just Less Cool Huh

Funny meme contrasting fictional cowboys with real-life cowboys, illustrating history humorously.

Final score:

143points

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Greg Wilhelm 2 months ago

How dare you bring Arthur Morgan into this!!

20points

#20

Maybe, Just Maybe, There’s A Reason They Told You Not To Eat That

Funny meme about history showing English Arctic explorers ignoring advice on eating polar bear liver.

Final score:

135points

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Enuya 2 months ago

Out of curiosity, what happens when you overdose vitamin A? And would you be okay eating i.e. 1/20 of the liver every day, or would the vitamin build up in your body?

22points

#21

And They All Had A Great Time Doing It

Funny meme about Star-Studded Cast in low-budget Spy Kids film featuring cartoon character's humorous reaction.

Final score:

129points

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Connie Hirsch 2 months ago

Proof that being a nice person who is fun to work with, is one path to success.

73points

#22

It Really Doesn't Change Much

NPC meme humorously questioning Jefferson Davis's slave treatment, showcasing an alternate historical perspective.

Final score:

126points

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Dragons Exist 2 months ago

It's like when people say that Hitler was vegan, cause that clearly cancels everything else out

99points

#23

Imamura Hitoshi -- War Criminal

Meme humorously depicting a conversation about lenient war crime sentences in history.

"Imamura was detained at Rabaul by the Australian Army, as he and troops under his command were accused of war crimes, including the execution of Allied prisoners of war. One infamous example highlighted how the prisoners captured in eastern Java were locked up in bamboo cattle cages and thrown overboard into shark-infested waters. In April 1946, Imamura wrote to the Australian commander at Rabaul, requesting that his own trial for war crimes be expedited in order to speed the prosecution of war criminals under his command. Imamura was charged with "unlawfully [disregarding and failing] to discharge his duty ... to control the members of his command, whereby they committed brutal atrocities and other high crimes ...". He was tried by an Australian military court at Rabaul on 1–16 May 1947; he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. Imamura served his imprisonment at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo until he was released in 1954. As he found that his imprisonment was too light with respect to his responsibility for the crimes of his subordinates, he had a replica of the prison built in his garden, and he stayed there until his death.

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Final score:

123points

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Rigor Moreno 2 months ago

Dude grew conscience in prison.

98points

#24

I Feel So Bad For The Poor People

Meme about a historical sugar experiment highlighting unethical practices and industry influence.

Final score:

123points

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

That's not the only horrible thing they did to the disabled, the mentally ill and the native swedes (samerna).

66points

#25

A Cheap And Easy Way To Boost Worker Productivity

19th century factory employees meme illustrating long working hours with humorous text overlay.

Final score:

119points

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Steve Robert 2 months ago

But nobody wants to work anymore!

58points

#26

Darker Than You Think

Hulk giving pizza to Ant-Man with humorous text about treating frostbite, showcasing a funny history meme.

One of unit 731 many experiments was to freeze people then splash them with boiling water they figured out the best temperature for treatment.

blazinfastjohny Report

Final score:

114points

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Shelli Aderman 2 months ago

Unit 731 was a horror show! 😔

54points

#27

Remember Kids, Was Never Cool

Cartoon soldiers humorously compare the harsh realities of war, reflecting on history memes.

Final score:

109points

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Rigor Moreno 2 months ago

War is hell, period.

127points

#28

Truly Disgusting Experiment

Meme on Tuskegee Study; historical event depicted humorously with a timeline: promises, sickness, and death.

Final score:

108points

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Steve Robert 2 months ago

And some morons want to go back to that period in History.

95points

#29

The Cruelty Humans Are Capable Of Is Frightening

Funny historical meme illustrating monkey isolation experiment effects over time.

Final score:

106points

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Hammerfairy 2 months ago

It's not the monkey you have to isolate but the cruel scientist.

148points

#30

Chad

Funny meme depicting Plato as a muscular figure, humorously rewriting history.

Final score:

104points

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Karl der Große 2 months ago

Some say he earned the name because of his broad chest, but others say it was because of his broad forehead.

39points

#31

Spaniards Could Use A Shower

History memes humorously depict Incas and conquistadors using incense.

Final score:

102points

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Der Kommissar 2 months ago

Why do you think the French invented perfume? They didn't bathe much.

9points

#32

Larry Bird Was A Menace

A meme humorously explaining the history of NBA players' trash-talking skills.

Final score:

98points

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CrazyKnitter 2 months ago

Hi! I'm a non-basketball fan who has absolutely no idea who that is!! 👋🏻👋🏻

97points

#33

That's Really Sad To Be Honest

Meme humorously explains history of French regional dialects with a pistol-wielding figure insisting on speaking French.

Final score:

95points

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Annik Perrot 2 months ago

In the schools in Brittany at the time, there was a poster saying "It's forbidden to spit on the ground and to speak Breton"

50points

#34

The "Clean Emperor" Myth

Funny historical meme depicting Hirohito and Tojo discussing war tactics with ironic tragedy.

Final score:

95points

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Jeffrey Diehl Premium 2 months ago

Yup. The Showa Emperor was a war criminal indeed. His record was scrubbed.

26points

#35

I Think They Hoped Everyone Forgot About That

Fashion icon meme humorously juxtaposes WWII history with awkward monkey puppet reaction.

Final score:

93points

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Jrog 2 months ago

Coco Chanel also was a nazi spy. She lived with an officer for Abwehr in the occupied Ritz Hotel, and used her contacts with british and french diplomats to pass information to the German Intelligence under the codename "Westminster". In exchange, she got a few friends freed from German prisons, and was promised ownership of a perfume factory taken from a jewish fragrance manufacturer.

117points

#36

What Was The Point Then, Lenin

Funny meme about historical Russian election accuracy, featuring cartoon characters discussing leadership and power.

Final score:

92points

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Connie Hirsch 2 months ago

Substitute 'Trump', 'USA', and 'January 6th' and it plays out the same.

172points

#37

It Happened An Uncomfortable Amount Of Times

Funny history meme depicting a robot taking charge humorously, referencing Kissinger and Nixon.

Final score:

90points

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Jrog 2 months ago

They called it "Tuesday". And Wednesday". And "Thursday". And "Friday". And "Weekend".

40points

#38

A True Scientist Keeps Experimenting Even In The Last Seconds Of Their Life

Two medieval characters humorously discuss a beheading experiment.

Final score:

90points

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XenoMurph 2 months ago

So,how long?

29points

#39

They Ain’t Getting Away That Easy

Funny meme about history with a cartoon character jokingly representing the captain of the USS Texas on D-Day.

Final score:

86points

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Jrog 2 months ago (edited)

For who's not a military history buff. The Texas, a m***o huge-a*s battleship, decided to join the landing and closed in to about 1.5 miles of the shore to pound the Germans with its 10 guns firing 500kg high explosive shells, happily shelling bunkers, artillery, tanks, infantry, sniper nests and nazis in the general vicinity. At some point, the close targets were all done for, and she decided to FLOOD HER STARBOARD SIDE to tilt the ship and get just slightly more elevation to f**k up some more nazi stuff that was outside her normal -but already impressive- 20 km firing range.

225points

#40

They Weren’t All Stupid

Meme humorously explaining WW1 history with cats and dog, highlighting Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's unique military strategy.

Final score:

84points

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Apatheist Account2 2 months ago

No points for surrendering after the armistice.

11points

#41

It’s Been A Bumpy Ride, But I Would Say Britain And France’s Relationship Ended Up In A Pretty Good Spot, All Things Considered

SpongeBob medieval and WWII meme humorously explaining history with England and France dialogue.

Final score:

82points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Over 100,000 French were evacuated. And we did return.

63points

#42

Hook Me Up With More Of That History Of Textiles!

Cartoon characters in a humorous history meme about an emperor and Indian muslin cloth.

Final score:

79points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

We need to keep abreast of the times.

50points

#43

It'd Be Like Messi And Ronaldo Fighting To The Death

Funny meme showing contrast between movie gladiators and historical accuracy.

Final score:

77points

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Laura 2 months ago

This is not entirely true. Most gladiators were slaves.They only could gain their freedom by receiving the rudis,a wood sword after an exceptional combat or career or by buying it with their savings. It’s true that free romans signed fixed term contracts to fight as gladiators,to pay theirs debst or for fame,but they were the minority. Please correct me if I'm wrong,not an expert :)

59points

#44

If Only Religious People In My Childhood Knew This

Funny meme about history depicting the Pope blessing the Pokémon franchise in 2000.

Final score:

66points

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STress (I/me) 2 months ago

Pikachu, I choose YOU!!! Go and spread a Good word!

27points

#45

Never Ask Your Fav French Philosopher What Petition They Signed Back In 1977

Funny meme comparing a pitbull named Princess with French philosophers.

Final score:

66points

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SCP 4666 2 months ago

Excuse me Sir, what petition did you sign in 1977?

34points

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#46

No One Likes Extremist Religious Beliefs

Final score:

33points

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Dar Mal 2 months ago

I always laugh at the American's Mayflower/Puritans myth...in reality, it was basically Jonestown (if there wasn't any Koolaid (flavor-aid))

16points

#47

They Were Just Built Different Back Then

There were several reasons these women chose to ingest an inedible material with dangerous side effects. firstly, pale whiter skin was a much-desired quality. By consuming pieces of clay pots the ladies became anemic because the clay covered their intestinal walls preventing the absorption of Iron. This created the sought-after white completion fashionable at the time as well as ensuring the ladies stayed slim as other essential nutrients were stopped from entering the body.

Final score:

30points

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SCP 4666 2 months ago

This was also accomplished with arsenic-laden waffles, or something like that

10points

#48

Not So Casual Inglaterra W

Final score:

27points

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XenoMurph 2 months ago

Many of the MPs has business interests in the slave owning territories. They were paying themselves compensation. The slaves didn't get a penny.

21points

#49

I Mean C'mon

Final score:

27points

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TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago (edited)

"Hostages only work when your enemy cares if they live" - Commander Shepard

24points

#50

Horrifying Thing I Recently Learned

Final score:

26points

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Jennifer Clayton 2 months ago (edited)

Just for part of the process.

11points

#51

You Can't Argue With That Logic

Final score:

25points

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martin734 2 months ago (edited)

The Royal Navy won because their crews were much better trained, they could fire 5 times in the time it took the French crews to fire 3 times and twice as fast as the Spanish crews and with better accuracy. The British ships were also equipped with very powerful short-range guns called Carronades that were absolutely devastating when fired into the stern of an enemy ship and along the gundeck. To put the battle into perspective, the Royal Navy casualties were approximately 450 killed and 1,200 wounded with no ships lost. The combined French and Spanish fleet lost 4,400 dead, 2,500 wounded, 7,500 captured, 21 ships captured and one ship sunk. The biggest blow for the Royal Navy though was that Admiral Horatio Nelson was killed during the battle.

17points

#52

Nice Try, Comrade

Final score:

24points

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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 months ago

USSR pulled a reverse in two different ways.

6points

#53

Still Incredibly F*cked Up Let's Be Real

Final score:

24points

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Vermonta 2 months ago

My neighbor was a medic in Vietnam.He has 5 purple heart medals

14points

#54

Putting The W In Washington

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23points

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François Carré 2 months ago (edited)

Not sure Thomas Sankara really deserves to be in this group of dictators though... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara. Bokassa or Mobutu would make more sense for that matter.

5points

#55

Turns Out Schrödinger Was A Horrible Person

Schrödinger kept a record of his sexual liaisons including children he sexually abused in a diary he called Ephemeridae, in which he stated a "predilection for teenage girls on the grounds that their innocence was the ideal match for his natural genius"
At the age of 39, Schrödinger tutored 14-year-old "Ithi" Junger. As John Gribbin recounted in his 2012 biography of Schrödinger, "As well as the maths, the lessons included a fair amount of petting and cuddling' and Schrödinger soon convinced himself that he was in love with Ithi.
Schrödinger assured Junger she would not become pregnant, and seduced her at 17. She later became pregnant and had an abortion that left her sterile. Schrödinger left her soon after and moved on to other targets.[42] Kate Nolan, a pseudonym used by the surviving family to protect the victim, was also impregnated by Schrödinger amid claims of a lack of consent.

Final score:

22points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Let's put Schrödinger inside a box for a long, long time and see what happens. Perhaps put a really angry cat in there as well.

33points

#56

King Albert I Of Belgium

So apparently king Albert I of Belgium frequently flew over the battlefield in an airplane during ww1. He did this every 2-3 days if the weather was good to see firsthand how the frontlines looked. During the final offensive in 1918, when he was overall commander of all Allied troops in Flanders, he also did this to assess the situation. Unnecessary to state that his generals were under extreme stress every time he did this, especially because the Germans frequently shot at him when he was flying above the frontlines and having your supreme commander be in such a vulnerable position isn’t really what you want.

Avb2209 Report

Final score:

22points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Bad a*s!

6points

#57

Game Over No Matter What!

Final score:

21points

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Adam 2 months ago

Germany could have won world war 2 is they hadn't been antisemitic and had used their Jewish Nuclear scientists.

8points

#58

They Had Popcorn Ready & Everything

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21points

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Fred L. 2 months ago

Military observers were (and to some degree are) totally normal, both official and unofficial. Just a few years before the civil war the US had its observers in the Crimean War in Europe.

8points

#59

Ww2 Espionage Is Wild

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21points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

To the last point - Admiral Canaris?

4points

#60

That’s One Way To Stamp Out Crime

Context: Vlad the Implaler ruled Walachia (in Modern day Romania) intermittently between 1448 and 1777 (edit: 1477) and had a rather gruesome way of achieving peace for his lands. He impaled people… a lot… and in probably the worse way possible.

(Gore Warning) Vlad found the best way to impale someone was to go in between the legs, all the way up through the body and come out the back of the neck or mouth. This method allowed the person on the stake to remain alive for hours or even days. To make matters worse, the stake would usually be blunt at the end, not sharp, making the precess even more excruciating. He would then litter the lands with these people impaled on stakes, especially around roadways. This way when advancing armies made their way toward him, they faced shear horror as they would be walking through “A forest of Corpses”. Although, that’s not 100% true as a good amount of these people would still be alive and crying in agony.

Vlad enjoyed the practice of impaling so much so that he reportable impaled 20,000 people in just 1 day. You could say the man was an expert in “Psychological Warfare”

This constant reminder of death and what would happen to those who broke the law would deter most crime in Walachia and for Vlad’s rule, crime would remain relatively low. It’s said that the area was so safe, that you could leave gold in the middle of the street all day long and no one would steal it. Local people from that area today generally still regard Vlad the Impalor as a National Hero.

Some_Razzmataz Report

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21points

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Virgil Blue 2 months ago

In his defence, he was defending a small nation against much bigger invaders so using gruesome psychological warfar, scaring the enemy into deserting was probably the only way to pull it off. It was quite the brutal time.

5points

#61

That's At Least A Couple

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20points

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#62

Bro Was Playing 4d Chess

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19points

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Weirdo with Internet 2 months ago

He said you could say it, never said what happened after

8points

#63

“Don’t Put This In The Records”

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19points

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XenoMurph 2 months ago

That's a peciliar hat

7points

#64

The Coral Sea Incident

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18points

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TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago

Whoops

2points

#65

The Good Old Days

Context: After the Ottoman Empire declared their Jihad on the Entente in 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire chose to follow in their tracks to rile up their Muslim Citizens. The Bosnian Ulema was called to Budapest and the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared a Jihad in the name of the Habsburg Empire and Emperor Franz Joseph, which in the end rallied more Bosniaks up in support of the Central Powers War Effort.

Puskabo Report

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18points

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Slapdash1 2 months ago

Postscirpt: both empires collapsed as s result

6points

#66

So Obvious

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18points

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Weirdo with Internet 2 months ago

Legend has it that they "walked" into place. Scientists believe that they moved the rock side to side like you would with a heavy ladder

12points

#67

“I’m Here To Take Pictures…for History”

On April 18th, 1988 the United States Navy launched Operation Praying Mantis against the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for Iran placing anti-ship mines in international waters, damaging neutral oil tankers and a US Navy ship.
The engagement was one sided to say the least, and in the midst of the fighting an unknown Destroyer approached the Americans. The ship identified itself as Soviet, and when US Command asked them why they were there the Captain stated in broken English “I’m here to take pictures…for history”.
This being one of the largest naval battles since World War II, it was understandable that the Soviets wanted to take notes on their American counterparts.

MadRonnie97 Report

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18points

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riri_shizu 2 weeks ago

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0points

#68

Big Brain Time

In March 1814, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia imposed a law that no Spaniard may intermarry with another Spaniard, and that they may only wed mestizos, Amerindians, or Africans. This was done to eliminate any socioeconomic disparities along racial lines, and also to end the predominantly criollo and peninsulare influence in Paraguay.

Jacques-de-lad Report

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18points

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Jrog 2 months ago

How about anyone marries whoever the f**k they want?

10points

#69

We Do A Little Of Side Switching

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18points

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Nicole Weymann 2 months ago

"We're an equal opportunity business. We'll sell to anyone" Lord Of War, anyone? Or Iron Man's Stark Industries? (Or my fellow German weapons manufacturers, for that matter? Never again a war without those ar$ehole opportunists vultures)

5points

#70

This Is Why You Look At The Smart Kid In Class

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17points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Germany 1914: Let's invade France. Oh look, via Belgium seems to be the easiest route (the Schlieffen Plan). Fast forward to the end of WW1. France: Let's build an insurmountable barrier on our borders (the Magionet Line). Arrives at Belgium. No, these are our friends, we won't do that here. Fast forward to 1940 and Germany. Let's invade France. Oh look, via Belgium seems to be the easiest route.

8points

#71

Very Ruth Benedict Coded

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#72

🔥🔥🔥🔥

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17points

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Nimitz 2 months ago

Maduro recently "won" with 85% of the vote

0points

#73

Wwii "Super Weapons" Went A Lot Further Than V-1 And V-2

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16points

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DC 2 months ago

Oof. Research and development isn't really the same as field operation. That sentence alone captures the technological progress in germany in WW2. They could produce a lot of stunning, impressing prototype stuff, but regular use thereof on the front, luckily, wasn't possible. It was a shortage-stricken economy in the most crucial areas for fighting a war, that acted like everything was there in practically unlimited quantity, and at the same time, desperately rectifying, more or less successful in that, the flaws that shortages bring with them. Updated engines being de-rated to less power than the predecessor had and such, was usual practice. Solutions that worked a limited time and such, that was the hightech that truly was effective in combat. Or, rather, made the stuff somewhat workable with.

4points

#74

Once You See This Playing On TV, It's Joever

PyotrIvanov:
Swan lake was played on repeat over soviet broadcasting so they wouldn't report the on the fall of communism. Or at least that is a good way to sum it all up.

Egorrosh Report

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Jrog 2 months ago (edited)

The explanation is wrong. Swan Lake was a popular "filler" piece on Russian TV while the Government settled on their communication stance after major events. It was first played when Breznev suddenly died in office, and it took a whole day to manage the news publication. It became kind of a tradition, it happened the same for the (expected) deaths of Černenko and Andropov. In 1991 the Swan Lake returned on loop to public TV once again and many people prepared for the news of the death of either Boris Eltsin or Mikhail Gorbachev. In reality, a military coup was going on, a coup defused by Gorbachev refusing to step down and Eltsin stepping on a tank, rousing the crowd against the coup.

13points

#75

Great Guy

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15points

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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 months ago

I'm surprised more people didn't use the original meme format.

3points

#76

Culture Shock

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15points

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Weirdo with Internet 2 months ago

Time is a flat circle, huh?

4points

#77

They Messed Up

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15points

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Slapdash1 2 months ago

Beautiful US cities has to be the funniest sh!t ever published on BP

5points

#78

The Only Minority Protected By Imperial Japan (Context In Comments)

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14points

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Logan Thorpe 2 months ago

i see no context

0points

#79

'merica's National Identity

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14points

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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 months ago

I can't believe this meme format has actually made people think this is what happens in Metal Gear Rising.

2points

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#80

Probably The Most Hollywood Story To Come Out Of Human History

The CIA sent a woman who had previously had an affair with Castro who she alleges impregnated her and drugged her forcing an abortion, she then fled to florida and became an anti Cuban activist where she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate Castro by poisoning his food, after returning to Cuba and re-engaging with Castro instead of going through with the assassination she confessed the plot to him, told him she was in love with him and slept with him.

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13points

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David 2 months ago

An alleged story that has zero to back to back it up. The woman made this claim in a book that is full of alleged CIA stories (Half which have been discredited by now), and there has been zero proof it ever happened.

8points

#81

Eastern vs. Western Ancient Schools Of Thought Be Like:

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Jrog 2 months ago (edited)

Pythagoras: Codify half the geometrical concepts known to mankind, and throw in a few new ones for good measure. Die in a fire fighting against tyranny. Sun Tzu: Don't do anything worth of note, to the point you do not appear in any chronicles in your country and century. Write a booklet of generic horoscope-like military advice, in PowerPoint-like bullet points, and went on to become a favorite of shallow businessmen who want to look deep and cultured.

18points

#82

Building A Whole Navy From Scratch? Easy Peasy

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12points

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Ace 2 months ago

Ri-ight. It's not as if the Romans were actually part of the Greek world from the very beginning and therefore had the whole shipping history to learn from...

13points

#83

One Of The Most Complicated Cases In FBI History

On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells robbed a PNC Bank near his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Upon being apprehended by police, Wells died when an explosive collar locked to his neck detonated. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into his death uncovered a complex plot described as "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI.

The investigation determined the plot was masterminded by Diehl-Armstrong to receive an inheritance by hiring Barnes with the money from the bank robbery to kill her father. William Rothstein and Floyd Stockton were also found to have conspired in the crime, but Rothstein died before being charged and Stockton was granted immunity in exchange for testifying against Diehl-Armstrong. Diehl-Armstrong was sentenced in 2011 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and Barnes received a reduced sentence of 22½ years in exchange for testifying against Diehl-Armstrong; both died in prison.

Wells' involvement in the plot is a matter of controversy. Investigators concluded Wells was a willing participant in the robbery, but was told the bomb was fake. Wells' family said he was forced to rob the bank by the conspirators

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12points

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Katy McMouse 2 months ago

That was a crazy afternoon, but that was only the beginning. The more we learned, over the years, only added to the surrealness of the already insane incident. (I'm from Erie).

10points

#84

Korean War In Schools

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11points

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Glix Drap 2 months ago

Reality is perhaps closer to that the US didn't want to go to war with China.

3points

#85

If Only He Knew What They Would Do

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11points

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Heather Murphy 2 months ago

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." If he did indeed intend to lower slavery by his invention, it blew in his face.

6points

#86

A Practice We Should Use Nowadays

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11points

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Nimitz 2 months ago

*boiling wine*

1point

#87

The Difference Between Robbery And Murder

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10points

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#88

Japan Being Japan

The "Fugu Plan" was developed during the 1930s by Japanese "Jew Experts" after the Japanese leadership came in contact with the protocols, which they believed to be an authentic document.
The idea was to attract hundreds of thousands of american and german Jews to settle in Japan and “Manchukuo“ by promoting the crackpot idea that Judaism and Shinto are quite similar. By this they hoped to utilize supposed jewish secret knowledge to dominate Asia and influence the US.
In the following years every japanese embassy in the world was instructed to gather intelligence about jewish life in their countries and report on jewish movements. Thousands of jewish refugees arrived in japanese occupied Shanghai.
While the idea of a jewish homeland was increasingly discarded due to the closer relations with Germany, this extremely strange view of things led to the Japanese occupiers in Shanghai treating Jews better than other foreigners and refusing to meet the German demands to create concentration camps for Jews. Although they forced Jews to live in a designated ghetto.
Approximately 24,000 Jews escaped the Holocaust either by immigrating through Japan or living under direct Japanese rule by these completely arbitrary policies - which is of course nice but it’s not a story of humanity as it’s often told and doesn’t change the fact that the japanese worldview was as hostile and deranged as the german one at the time.
Sources:
1.) "The Paranoid Apocalypse - A Hundred-Year Retrospective on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Richard Landes and Steven T. Katz
2.) "The Fugu Plan" by Marvin Tokayer and Mary Swartz

schmah Report

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10points

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#89

Roman-Chinese Relations Be Like:

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Lara Verne 2 months ago

To the Romans, anyone who was not Roman was a 'barbarian'. Equal or not.

4points

#90

How Did The Basques Even Get There?

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9points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 2 months ago

Gonna go out on a limb and say "boats".

12points

#91

Western Resistance In 1945 vs. Resistance In 1945... (Depression)

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9points

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Karen Krause 2 months ago (edited)

Joseph Stalin and his regime condemned POW survivors as traitors and cowards upon their repatriation. Ostracized by society, many were sentenced to die in gulags or ended their days in abject poverty.

7points

#92

Native Americans Didn’t Have Horses Before Europe Came To America

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9points

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#93

Least Underrated Vietnam Warfare Tactic

Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It was an attempt to increase desertions and defections from Việt Cộng forces and weaken their morale. Like most cultures, Vietnamese culture includes beliefs and rituals that show respect for the dead. Vietnamese culture calls for a proper burial and it is believed that if this does not occur, the soul of the deceased continues to wander the earth thus becoming a "Wandering Soul," equivalent to a ghost or spirit. It is the Vietnamese belief that the dead must be buried in their homeland, or their soul will wander aimlessly in pain and suffering. Vietnamese feel that if a person is improperly buried, then their soul wanders constantly. They can sometimes be contacted on the anniversary of their death and near where they died. Vietnamese honor these dead souls on a holiday when they return to the site where they died. The U.S. used this to their advantage and tried to trick the Viet-Congs into leaving by playing the audio recording of their dead friends wandering around.

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9points

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#94

Based Cyrus

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9points

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#95

Same Happened In Japan

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8points

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Nimitz 2 months ago

The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the 2nd best. He fears the worst, because he has no idea what the idiot will do

4points

#96

Never Forget John Chapman

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8points

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#97

Imagine Being The Captain Of The Losing Team

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ElfVibratorGlitter 2 months ago

I thought the winners were sacrificed, not the losers.

3points

#98

How To Outsmart Death, Classic Greek Mythology

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7points

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PattonPawter 2 months ago

context: Sisyphus chained Death (Thanatos) up, eventually hades noticed and released Thanatos. As punishment, Sisyphus was forced to roll a rock up a hill for all eternity

2points

#99

Heracles Wasn't Just About Muscles And Brute Strength

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7points

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UKGrandad 2 months ago

Very good, except for the fact that Atlas was condemned to hold up the heavens, not the Earth.

4points

#100

The Ol' Reliable

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Nimitz 2 months ago

If you wanna see a good example of the industrial method the Romans used for fighting, watch Rome. Dude in the front stayed there for 2 minutes, then the whistle blew, the guy behind him took over, and he went to the back of the line. Rinse and repeat till the battle is over

1point

#101

You Got To Give The Us Credit For How Insanely Fast They Industrialized

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7points

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Puppy Dancing! 2 months ago

Most of it accelerated due to war

1point

#102

Duality Of Man

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7points

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#103

He Literally Predicted Germany’s Fate

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7points

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#104

Every Time Someone Parots This, A Fairy Dies

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6points

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TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago

The thing was that Italy invaded Greece, failed and Hitler had to send forces from Barbarossa to aid them - which caused a 5 week delay

4points

#105

Thor's Accomplishments Are Nothing To Laugh At, Especially Not The Cat

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6points

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Laugh or not 2 months ago

The old woman was Death or Time, the cat was the Midgard serpent, and the horn was linked to the ocean.

3points

#106

Before The Dark Times, Before The Empire

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6points

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Otto Katz 2 months ago

I don't understand this one at all

3points

#107

But Tbh I Would Still Kinda Like To Go There

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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago

I assume they are talking about Nauru. The government frittered away the fortune it had, such as wisely investing a lot of money into a West End musical about Leonardo da Vinci, one of the biggest flops ever. It has most recently been used as a detention facility for refugees

10points

#108

Fragging

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#109

Resistance In Stalingrad Resistance Was Slightly Underestimated

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Jnausicaa Premium 2 days ago

Yup. The materiel the USA was able to produce to feed and arm the Allies basically made victory in WWII a matter of time.

0points

#110

After Every War:

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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 months ago

WHY DOGE?!

1point

#111

Truly Abhorrent What Humanity Is Willing To Do In The Name Of Science

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3points

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#112

Bad Century To Live In Russia

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3points

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#113

5x5 Miles Island In The Pacific Be Like

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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago

Terrible, OP can get away with two crude words joined together, yet if I want to talk about chess I can't mention about the p**n

9points

#114

The Nigerian Civil War Was Certainly One Of The Conflicts Of All Time

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Jude Corrigan 2 months ago

Is 'supported by' code for who placed bets on which side wins?

3points

#115

Very Different Meanings Across The Pond

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Serena Myers 2 months ago

"In Britain during the First World War it was often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up. In the United States armed forces, however, it is used to signify extraordinary bravery and excellence in combat marksmanship." I knew about the symbolism of the white feather in the UK, but not of that in the US, so "very different meanings across the pond" makes sense now.

6points

#116

Calling Your Biggest Supporter A Simpleton Might Not Be The Best Idea, Galileo

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Jrog 2 months ago (edited)

Just no. Galileo has been prosecuted and pressured into relinquishing his theories 16 years before the Dialogue, and the Dialogue was an attempt to publish his views without triggering the full fledged censorship from Cardinal Bellarmino. The Dialogue features three characters: Salviati (an actual Tuscan astronomer) who portrays Galileo's thesis; Sagredo, a Venetian noble, open minded and averse to censorship, that act as a neutral third party, kind of a referee; and Simplicio, a traditional Aristotelian philosopher used as a stand-in for Cesare Cremonini, a professor in the same university of Galileo and his sworn enemy. If anything, Pope Urban VIII was supposed to identify with Sagredo, a well studied nobleman with interest in natural sciences despite lacking the theoretical basics

11points