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You can hear folks claim that kids need the internet to study and learn new things. And that is absolutely true. But most of them were very probably referring to reading scholarly journals and educational articles and the like.

The internet has its own way of approaching education, and that is through things like Today I Learned on Reddit, YouTube channels like VSauce And CGP Grey, and, a personal favorite of mine, Tumblr.

Yep, the microblogging social medium, among many things, hosts some of the best-written narratives and rhetoric of educational nature, whether it’s about birds or dragons or restaurants as mafia fronts.

So, in light of this, we bring you some of the best among the best moments in Tumblr history about world history, historical figures, facts and everything else that has happened on our lovely planet in the last whatever years.

Scroll down to see the various submissions, learn something, and don’t forget to hit the upvote button on the submissions you enjoyed the most. And why not comment! Commenting is good for the soul.

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    Ba-Na-Na
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awe, I feel bad for the birds-they we’re expecting eats and didn’t get any 😔

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    Henry Russell
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you cna buy liechenstein you dont even need to invade it you can just buy it for 75,000 a night Jeff Bezos could be the leader of leichenstein if he wants too

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    funkybluegirl
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% I don't know what it is that makes (some) people forget their youth and amend their values.

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    flutterbyy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh come on, you'd have to be putting an active dedicated effort to mess up that much

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    Bunzilla
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, the only reason why I know the names of the planets so well is because of Sailor Moon...

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The woman leaving my house this morning was just my good friend, and room mate."

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    Bunzilla
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're also learning that they were quite intelligent, resourceful, and caring. Which means that 'Neanderthal', as an insult, is not really an insult anymore.

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    Couldnt_find_a_decent_name
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “To let the tomato plants know your getting impatient” you think the tomatoes are gonna care?

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    Waddling Land Fish
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caligula was a special person. Source: Trials of Apollo Edit: Wow. Was not expecting this to blow up

    Lisa H
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how Mozart trolled that one singer that he despised working with. I forget her name, but, basically he noticed how she threw her head up on high notes and dropped her chin down on low notes, so he composed a song consisting of alternating lows and highs in rapid succession so it looked like her head was bobbing like a chicken when she sang it. Mozart was awesome.

    Cookie
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I, a short person, am safe from kidnapping? That is a relief

    Thinking Mammal
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about Columbus who confused a continent he had never been before, with a continent he had never been before.

    Max Fox
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw a fairly convincing documentary claiming that Caligula wasn't crazy, but believed that, as emperor, he should not have to answer to the Senate. He appointed his horse as consul to show that, for him, his horse was more important than the senators. He also wanted to establish that, as emperor, he was also a God, so he declared war on another god who pissed him off. It was more to show his people that he was a god, not because he believed that stabbing the sea would make any difference with some God. People need to remember that most people believed in gods at that period.

    Niki A
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or that time those guys thought Aryans were the master race, and totally got their looks wrong?

    Philler Space
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's even weirder is that Poseidon, amongst many other more obvious things like sea and storms, was also god of horses. So maybe he was mad the horse didn't vote the way he wanted and took it up with his manager?

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caligula? That dude who made a horse in power for an army? I heard he was corrupt.

    Caroline Driver
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about the first Emperor of China who wanted to build a 1:1 map of China? But he was taking mercury pills to make him live longer, so he was barking.

    Thinking Mammal
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    Christof Irran
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't wait for historians to start publishing papers about the Orange People of D.C.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least Caligula appointed both ends of the horse to public office.

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    Couldnt_find_a_decent_name
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I- I don’t get it. Is it 20.00 or 2000?! Edit: I feel dumb lol I see the part about the decimal now

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    Henry Russell
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    people believe the austrailians were spared but secretly the all austrailians are emu set on taking the rest of the world the emu revolution is upon us

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    Noltha
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks." - by Terry Pratchett.

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