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Funny History themed funny tumblr moments and stories | seduce with obscure knowledge history wonkas-golden-nword-pass Nintendo and ottoman empire existed during same time wonkas-golden-nword-pass Period Nintendo Founded 1828 1908 September 23, 1889, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Nintendo

Tumblr Gems of The Historical Persuasion

Times change, but people are just as weird as ever.

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Twitter thread on anti-mask league during San Francisco's 1919 Spanish Flu | Tim Mak @timkmak THREAD History doesn't repeat itself, but rhymes thread about Anti-Mask League 1919 not kiddingI went HAM researching this So, starting Sept 2018 San Francisco suffered Spanish Flu pandemic. Initial mask wearing good around 80 percent 2:10 PM Apr 19, 2020 Twitter Web App 3.9K Retweets 6.2K Likes Tim Mak O @timkmak 3h Replying timkmak By November cases were down, and public health officials recommended

Twitter Thread: 1919 Anti-Mask Protests During Spanish Flu

Alright well this isn't surprising at all.

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Twitter thread on whale explosion is lesson in listening to experts when it comes to coronavirus | Doncaster Council Doncaster Council @MyDoncaster November 1970, officials Oregon, USA decided blow up rotting whale carcass whole thing went horribly wrong. Why do bring this up? Well, this story can teach us 3 things about #coronavirus

Whale Explosion Thread is a Lesson in Listening to Experts

Don't explode a whale and listen to smart people who tell you not to.

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creepy, disturbing and sad facts | TheKentuckyRifleman 21.3k points 12 hours ago Frontal Lobotomy performed with no anesthesia and an outpatient procedure.

Not Fun Facts to Feel Weird About

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A collection of funny maps that are absolutely terrible | Bosnians wanna swim Croatia: No AUSTRIA HUNGARY ITALY SLOVENIA LJUBLJANA ZAGREB CROATIA SERBIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ADRIATIC SEA SARAJEVO MONTENEGRO ITALY | Antarctic-centric world view

A Compilation Of Absolutely Terrible Maps

They're terrible, and we love it.

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Funny memes, moments and facts about history | Romulus should name this great city? Remus: Reme. Romulus sharpening spear have better idea | Say have no idea I am doing tapestry painting

Historical Memes from Before Things Were Like This

Things weren't always like this.

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Funny moments and memes from Tumblr | bidoof movie idea: guy finds stone tablet engraved with mysterious alien language and gets caught up national treasure-esque adventure decipher its meaning, only learn s just an alien "live, love, laugh" decoration Source: bidoof 240,710 notes

Tumblr Gems to Destroy Boredom

The thoughts never stop.

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Tumblr thread on interesting female pharaoh history | demands-with-menace Queen Hatshepsut Ancient Egypt. She has lovely smile someone who's been dead thousands years | deux-zero-deux she wasn't queen. she pharaoh and wanted be referred as such. she even had her statues modeled after male pharaoh's statues state her dominance and authority. she actually one most successful pharaohs all ancient egyptian history and she reigned longer than any other woman power egypt. cumleak damn no wonder she

Tumblr Drops Intriguing Knowledge on Ancient Female Pharaoh

There's always something new to learn.

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Tumblr user tells story of dangers of deregulation with radium girls | bogleech Do also need fucking talk about Radium Girls again who slowly fucking rotted alive because company they worked deliberately hid knowledge radium's effects on living matter? feynites gonna talk about s depressing and dark as hell, but if anyone ever thinks themselves companies will just regulate out sense civic duty or basic human morality, and don't need outside enforcement

Tumblr User Rants about Dangers of Deregulation

This one is pretty sad.

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Weird and strange historical facts | reddit post shampoo_and_dick 33.8k points 22 hours ago 3 ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey attract flies away pharaoh.

Ridiculous Historical Facts That Prove We're Strange People

We've always been weird people.

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Tumblr thread about craftspeople identifying archaeological finds | systlin Something find incredibly cool is they've found neandertal bone tools made polished rib bones, and they couldn't figure out they were life them. Until course, they showed traditional leatherworker and she took one look at and said "Oh yeah sure 's leather burnisher use close pores leather and work oil into hide make waterproof. Mine looks just same Wait still using exact same fucking thing 50,000 years later

Tumblr Thread About Craftspeople Identifying Things Archaeologists Couldn't

People have been making stuff forever so it makes sense.

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Tumblr thread provides historical data and shows how we question reality for being too unrealistic | tilthat TIL Tiffany Problem Tiffany is medieval name-short Theophania 12th century. Authors can't use historical or fantasy fiction, however, because name looks too modern. This is an example reality is sometimes too unrealistic. via reddit.com

Reality Is Too Unrealistic In Historical Tumblr Thread

History is actually fun in this thread.

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Tumblr thread about ancient humans having feelings and being reconstructed with smiles | today things disproportionately emotional about thrill-be-damned 's facial reconstructions prehistoric humans like, look at this part-homo sapiens, part- neandertal man well over 30,000 years ago doesn't he just look like dude wanna hang out with?

Tumblr Thread about Depicting Prehistoric People as Cool Dudes

You never see a smiling caveman.

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Twitter thread about Victorian Valentine's Day cards | tweet Rosie White @rosalindmwhite Vinegar Valentines were cheaply made cards usually featured an insulting rhyme or caricature. As receiver not sender responsible cost postage recipient often found themselves paying privilege being insulted by their admirer.

Victorian Valentine's Day Cards Were A Passive Aggressive Roastfest

Roasts are a timeless art form.

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Things that are used today for a different use that they were invented | posted by Vyzantinist High-heeled shoes. They were originally men and used horse riding, as heels were supposed keep feet more secure stirrups. Now, they're just fancy women's shoes.

Inventions That Are Now Used for Something Other Than Their Intended Purpose

Sometimes something makes a better other thing.

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Shellshock Victim Has Involuntary Reaction Hearing Word "Bomb"

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