History Memes

Alt textUSA and China are standing opposed to each other. USA says “Fuck off commie”. China says “Fuck off yankee”. Pol Pot enters the scene, both look at him. Pol Pot says: “Yo, help me with this genocide thingy please”. USA and China put their hands on Pol Pots shoulder and say “Of course Pol Pot”.

Niels Bohr famously dissolved the medal he got for his Nobel Price for chemistry in acid when the Nazis invaded his home country of Denmark, to prevent it from falling into the Nazis’ hands.

Context: In 1998, the Saudi crown prince Abdullah visited the UK, the Queen offered him a tour of their Scottish estate in a car. Expecting some attendant to do the driving, the prince was shocked when Queen Elizabeth herself got into the drivers seat and drove off.

Context:

Context (Source):

In order to deceive Nazi Germany about the real target of the D-Day invasion, the Allies dropped literally tons of aluminium foil strips (then codenamed "Window", now known as Chaff) from aircraft to create the appearance of a large fleet moving across the English Channel towards Calais on German Radar screens just before the actual invasion started

Context: (Source) Self explanatory really, shitty attitudes seem to never change for some.