history

As a field of study, history is kind of weird. Whereas chemistry or math or biology all have pretty rigid definitions, many things can fall under the categorization of "history." History could easily be called "everything else that has happened." It's good to know some history, not just to get a sense of context, but also so you can get sweet history memes that are as good as books probably. 

One doesn't have to go rooting around in history books long to find something extremely weird about our collective past. There are too many history moments that are too dumb to seem real already, and we keep making more every day. If there's one reason to get into history, it's so you can get these sweet historical memes to become one with time.

So, the Elephant's Foot mold sounds like some sort of mythological Medusa-level monster. Sounds to me like a big heap of forbidden pudding. Seriously, no thank you. Here's to hoping we don't find ourselves one day in the future, being enslaved by black mold overlords. 

Knowing just enough history to get history memes is one of the few joys of life. It's also probably one of the only tangible benefits of having paid any attention in history class. They say history repeats itself, so there'll be a refresher course soon enough. To continue digging through the past, here are more history memes to become one with time.

Knowing some history isn't just a good way to place yourself in the context of your world, it's also a great way to get really specific references in the form of history memes. It's just good to have an idea of how things got to be how they are. How many reminders do you need that the Hapsburgs were inbred? Apparently a lot.

Here we are yet again with the wonderful, wandering minds of the Tumblr world delivering just the kind of informative, and unsettling thread that really takes the brain for a trip. Apparently, there's an actual reason why us human beings can feel the cringe chills come on when animation seems to be too realistic. It's called the uncanny valley effect. What makes the effect so unsettling, is reflecting on why we could've developed that kind of "survival instinct" in the first place. Was it because there used to be some sort of alien monster thing scouring the globe back in the day that was a threat to homo sapiens' survival? Maybe so, maybe so. Check out some more gold from Tumblr with these cooks that bonded over their dysfunctional family members.

Having a deeper knowledge of history than the average person won't necessarily make you smarter or more successful in life than anyone else, but it will enrich your ability to understand some pretty kickass history memes. History memes are technically educational and boy do they go down smooth.

People have done stupid things for a long time and it doesn't seem like we're gonna stop anytime soon. History lets us see some of humanity's highlights when it comes to making irreparable mistakes, doing weird garbage, and getting killed in idiotic ways. Here are some history memes to feel smart about as well as some of the great trollings of history.

History links all of us in more ways than one. The most obvious right now of course is that we get real specific references about the fall of Rome and the crimes of various empires. How dare there be a kind of meme that makes us feel..smart? Anyway there are tons of history memes to feel smart about.

Sometimes historians don't do the best job at properly noting, and giving credit to the people that very well could've altered history itself with the decisions they made. This particular AskReddit thread pays homage to the women that often get overlooked in history, but had profound contributions to society. 

People have been around for long enough that prankery, shenanigans and cons have enjoyed a great heyday. Pranks and trickery are nothing new, and it's a breath of fresh air to learn that governments, generals, and famous historical figures totally messed with people. For some extra history, here are some history memes that are technically educational. For extra shenanigans, here are some mad lads who played by their own rules.

Man, it'd be something special to have a brain like that. There you are, Tom Clancy, never having served in the military, yet able to put together stories with such astoundingly specific details that the literal Department of Defense is worried you've gained access to top secret layouts of US Navy ships. 

Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this thread about humans doing cool space things.

Life looks a lot different now than it did even twenty or thirty years ago. As recently as fifty years ago, even scientists had a hugely different idea of how the world worked. And a hundred years ago? Screw that, no one wants to live in a world without functioning toilet paper or high fives. On the flipside, there's also tons of stuff that's way older than people think.

Some inventions like escalators and seltzer have been around for hundreds of years longer than most people think. And other stuff, like sharks, are older than entire species. for more interesting history stuff, here's a thread about how mundane people are important to history as well as some history memes to feel smart about.

What's better than looking and dumb memes and feeling smart at the same time? Absolutely nothing. That's why there are history memes to feel smart about. Sometimes you gotta take a deep breath and drink in that memeshake with an extra helping of facts and geography. That's the good stuff.

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about various things that grew classier over time. Definitely had no idea that lobsters were commonly fed to prisoners back in the day, and had a reputation for being the cockroaches of the sea.