Recent surveys showpeople are less interested in learning about history. But perhaps if the information came in the form offunny memes, for example, it would be an entirely different story.Enter the History Memessubreddit. All 11 million members and counting share the same fascination with events that happened at least two decades ago. Here, you’ll find visual puns and wisecracks about the German-Soviet pact of 1939, the Russian Revolution, and medieval battles, among many others.We’ve picked some standouts that may ignite your curiosity or, at the very least, provoke some interest. Scroll through each one, and hopefully, you willenjoy learninga thing or two about significant moments in history.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Recent surveys showpeople are less interested in learning about history. But perhaps if the information came in the form offunny memes, for example, it would be an entirely different story.
Enter the History Memessubreddit. All 11 million members and counting share the same fascination with events that happened at least two decades ago. Here, you’ll find visual puns and wisecracks about the German-Soviet pact of 1939, the Russian Revolution, and medieval battles, among many others.
We’ve picked some standouts that may ignite your curiosity or, at the very least, provoke some interest. Scroll through each one, and hopefully, you willenjoy learninga thing or two about significant moments in history.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
RELATED:
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 forThe Learning Scientists, cognitive science expertDr. Carolina Kuepper-Tetzelexplained that memes can provide students with visual and verbal content. Ultimately, this helps strengthen comprehension skills.
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 forThe Learning Scientists, cognitive science expertDr. Carolina Kuepper-Tetzelexplained that memes can provide students with visual and verbal content. Ultimately, this helps strengthen comprehension skills.
We tend toabsorb informationmore 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.
We tend toabsorb informationmore 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.
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.
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.
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.
Educators can use memes in different ways to make schoolwork more relatable to students. High school math teacherSharon Seranosuggests 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.
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.
Inher articlefor 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.”
One of unit 731 many experiments was to freeze people then splash them with boiling water they figured out the best temperature for treatment.
Continue reading with Bored Panda PremiumUnlimited contentAd-free browsingDark modeSubscribe nowAlready a subscriber?Sign In
Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium
Unlimited contentAd-free browsingDark mode
Unlimited content
Ad-free browsing
Dark mode
Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?Sign In
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.
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.
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.
See Also on Bored Panda
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.
On April 18th, 1988 the United States Navy launchedOperation Praying Mantisagainst 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.
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.
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.
Modal closeAdd New ImageModal closeAdd Your Photo To This ListPlease use high-res photos without watermarksOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.Not your original work?Add sourcePublish
Modal close
Add New ImageModal closeAdd Your Photo To This ListPlease use high-res photos without watermarksOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.Not your original work?Add sourcePublish
Modal closeAdd Your Photo To This ListPlease use high-res photos without watermarksOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.Not your original work?Add sourcePublish
Add Your Photo To This ListPlease use high-res photos without watermarksOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
Add Your Photo To This List
Please use high-res photos without watermarks
Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
Not your original work?Add source
Modal closeModal closeOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.UploadUploadError occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again.TwitterRender conversationUse html versionGenerate not embedded versionAdd watermarkInstagramShow Image OnlyHide CaptionCropAdd watermarkFacebookShow Image OnlyAdd watermarkChangeSourceTitleUpdateAdd Image
Modal closeOoops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.UploadUploadError occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again.TwitterRender conversationUse html versionGenerate not embedded versionAdd watermarkInstagramShow Image OnlyHide CaptionCropAdd watermarkFacebookShow Image OnlyAdd watermarkChangeSourceTitleUpdateAdd Image
Upload
UploadError occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again.TwitterRender conversationUse html versionGenerate not embedded versionAdd watermarkInstagramShow Image OnlyHide CaptionCropAdd watermarkFacebookShow Image OnlyAdd watermark
Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again.
TwitterRender conversationUse html versionGenerate not embedded versionAdd watermark
InstagramShow Image OnlyHide CaptionCropAdd watermark
FacebookShow Image OnlyAdd watermark
ChangeSourceTitle
Evelina Šiukšterytė
Ilona Baliūnaitė
Greta Jaruševičiūtė
Funny
