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This absurdist meme is formatted as a ranked list titled 'Top 5 Soviet Leaders Ranked By Their Eyebrows'. The first ranking spot is given to Leonid Brezhnev, paired with a real photograph of the former Soviet leader that prominently displays his famously thick, dark, bushy eyebrows. The second entry intentionally breaks the list format to state that there is no number two, as no other Soviet leader's eyebrows can compete with Brezhnev's iconic ones, leaning into the long-running internet joke about Brezhnev's distinct eyebrows.

Brezhnev Brows: Top Soviet Leaders Ranked By Eyebrows Meme

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This ironic history meme uses a famous layered hidden-image artwork to make its point. The top portion shows two relaxed civilians standing on a grassy bluff overlooking a sunny beach, captioned "AMERICANS HAVING FUN MAKING FUN OF THE FRENCH", referencing the common American stereotype that French people are cowardly surrenderers, widely known online as the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" joke. Hidden underneath the bluff, hundreds of dead and dying French soldiers are depicted holding the hill up from below in a sea of blood, captioned "THE FRENCH BEING THE MAIN REASON AMERICA IS A COUNTRY." The meme highlights the irony that Americans often mock French military history while ignoring that French military and financial support was critical to the United States winning independence during the Revolutionary War.

HA, HA, HA!!!! THOSE CHEESE EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS!!!!!!!

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This is a photograph of a framed original World War II era Norman Rockwell poster on public display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington DC. The poster uses Rockwell's iconic painting from his Four Freedoms series, with text at the top reading 'SAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH' and text at the bottom reading 'BUY WAR BONDS'. The artwork shows a working class man standing to speak at a public meeting, with other attendees around him looking up at him with respectful attention. The poster is exhibited behind glass in a museum frame, as part of the museum's historical collection.

OG Meme Found: Freedom of Speech War Bonds Poster in DC American History Museum

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This animated meme uses Anya Forger's increasingly smug, widening smile to illustrate Thomas Jefferson's extreme satisfaction after pulling off the Louisiana Purchase, buying a massive territory from Napoleon Bonaparte for only 3 cents per acre. The animation shows Anya's grin growing wider and more smug across the sequence, emphasizing the joke that Napoleon got outmaneuvered (finessed) on the deal, while Jefferson got an incredible historic steal.

Napoleon got finessed

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This two-panel meme uses the cursed Garfield format to joke about the starkly differing portrayals of Britain in history textbooks. The top panel shows the canonical, smug Garfield standing with crossed arms, labeled 'Britain in British history books', referencing how British history books often present a sanitized, positive view of Britain's history that downplays its harmful colonial past and wrongdoings. The bottom panel features a horrifying, distorted eldritch version of Garfield lurking behind a door, with a shocked, frightened Jon Arbuckle holding a rifle standing nearby. This panel is labeled 'Britain in any other history book', referencing how non-British history books (especially from countries impacted by British colonialism) are far more critical of Britain's historical actions, portraying it as an expansionist, harmful power. The text at the bottom of the lower panel reads 'BULLETS DON'T WORK JON', leaning into the horror tone of the cursed Garfield format.

Dark times: Britain in British vs other history books

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This is a 3-panel meme made from edited scenes from the animated show Family Guy. In the top left panel, character Joe Swanson asks the question: why do months have varying lengths of 28, 29, 30, and 31 days, instead of just having only 30 and 31 day months? In the top right panel, Joe is immediately killed by a glowing disintegration laser, while surrounding bystanders look on in shock. The bottom panel shows two military commanders watching security screens displaying the disintegration, with text that reads "He was asking too many questions." The meme jokes about how the strange uneven number of days in months comes from obscure historical Roman calendar changes, and jokes that anyone questioning this inconsistent system gets "taken out" as a silly conspiracy-style joke.

He asked too many questions about why months have different lengths

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