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What r/HistoryMemes is talking about this week

r/HistoryMemes has 12,781,428 members and 37 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 34.6 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

12,781,428members
37posts in the last 24 hours, newest 10 min ago
34.6comments an hour right now, newest 9 min ago
20,218points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/HistoryMemes this week

right8king6didn't5ever5war5world5far5even5sure5remember5different4battle4

Top threads this week

  1. That one time history ended for 9 years
    20,218 points552 comments2 d ago
  2. Spoiler alert: He didn't
    14,236 points780 comments2 d ago
  3. Ever wonder why Election Day in America is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? Well in 1845 congress wished to make it easier for their fellow citizen to take part in elections and worked around their schedule

    Context: https://www.njchs.org/election-day-history/ Ever wonder why the US Elections is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? The answer is lies with America’s 19th century...

    12,270 points359 comments4 d ago
  4. Imagine having to be told by you enemy your country is at war.

    During the Spainish American War, American ships led by Captain Henry Glass opened fire on Guam (then part of Spain), however, the Spainish Governor, Don Juan Marina was unaware that his country,...

    9,207 points129 comments2 d ago
  5. Because everyone hated the SS
    8,660 points122 comments23 h ago
  6. Keep talking
    8,026 points131 comments21 h ago
  7. Imagine getting conquered by guys who think forks are a moral failing
    7,831 points878 comments6 d ago
  8. *slaps soil*
    7,772 points59 comments3 d ago
  9. American National Parks really are that ridiculous

    Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion\(tree)) Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia) sempervirens D.Don, Endl.) tree in California, which is the world's tallest known living tree,...

    7,660 points158 comments13 h ago
  10. This is SPARTA
    7,239 points319 comments2 d ago

Newest posts

  1. King Kong ain’t got shit on me.
    10 points0 comments10 min ago
  2. I'm sure they will use it for good
    2 points0 comments33 min ago
  3. He didn't really like the jews.
    0 points2 comments35 min ago
  4. Dewey get out of the battle of Issus!
    6 points0 comments1 h ago
  5. The Coldstream Guards (best known today for their ceremonial duties at Buckingham Palace) played a role at Waterloo not unlike the 20th Maine at Gettysburg or 101st Airborne at Bastogne.
    54 points4 comments2 h ago
  6. Did anyone drink more beer than those guys?
    91 points9 comments2 h ago
  7. A Fine 13th Century Race
    194 points3 comments2 h ago
  8. The sad fate when the roman empire decides your to weak to even use as a buffer state.
    10 points3 comments3 h ago
  9. A slippery slope to die on but vilifying a user you disagree with as a genocide supporter is the lowest form of r/HistoryMemes discussion
    215 points81 comments4 h ago
  10. Veni, Vedi, Vici Piratii
    16 points0 comments4 h ago
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