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Edvinas Jovaišas

23 Of The Best History Memes For Anyone Wanting To Learn More About Our Past

Article created by: Gabija Saveiskyte

It’s no secret that humor helps us learn and remember things better—if you’re laughing and having fun, chances are that a fact will stick that much harder in your mind. And we find that one of the best formats for this is creating memes. If you’ve ever thought that history was a dull subject, you might just change your mind at the end of this article.

The r/HistoryMemes subreddit is a sprawling online community of millions of history lovers who create, share, and comment on a very wide range of memes about the past. We’ve collected some of the freshest pics to pique your interest, Pandas, so scroll down, enjoy, and we hope you’re taking notes because this will be on the test.

#1 I Just Hope The Man She Replaced Ended Up Working As *her* Maid

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#2 Washington Washingdogs

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#3 Read A Fricking Book For Once!

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#4 Adams Is Critically Underrated

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#5 This Is Why I Failed Chemistry

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#6 Insane To Think Charles Darwin And Steve Irwin Both Owned The Same Turtoise

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#7 Same Thing For The Court Dwarfs

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#8 Fly Pig Fly!

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#9 How About Another 4 Years Of Delays?

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#10 Worlds Oldest Complaint

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#11 Everybody Needs Somebody

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#12 Actually Fuming At All The History Books I Could Have Read Smh

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#13 The Most Fantasized People In History

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#14 The Struggles Of Anyone Doing Ancient History

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#15 Dod Funding Is The Best Kind Of Funding

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#16 Poor Germany

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#17 Henry Avery Did Not Have The Most Satisfying Ending To His Plotline

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#18 She Wasn't That Bad But She Could Also Have Been Better

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#19 Fine, I’ll Do It Myself

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#20 What A Wonderful Time To Be Alive!

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#21 Supposedly, When John Hetherington Invented The Top Hat And Wore It In Public For The First Time, It Caused People To Faint From Shock And A Riot Broke Out. It’s Debatable Whether Or Not This Actually Happened, But I Want To Believe

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#22 Fortunately, We Have Archeology, But It Will Never Be The Same

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#23 Some Names Were More Creative Than Others

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