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999 ways to make history teachers facepalm.

Started by Dark, Jun 07, 2013, 04:02:06 PM

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P-Code

#76
Jan 22, 2017, 02:09:54 PM
Okay/10

Genghis Khan? Was he this guy:

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#77
Apr 17, 2017, 01:21:09 PM
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CellularData

#78
Apr 17, 2017, 01:23:34 PM
10/10

what do you mean, 3000 BC?  i thought year 0 was the beginning of time?????
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Wordweaver

#79
Apr 17, 2017, 04:13:51 PM
7/10

So, the American Revolution succeeded because Jefferson negotiated an alliance with the Martians, right?
As above, so below.

Faressain

#80
Apr 17, 2017, 04:18:54 PM
8/10

So, the Poland partitioned Russia with China and Japan in 1772, 1793 and 1795 year, right?
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#81
Apr 18, 2017, 08:26:43 AM
2/10

So did the Great Depression happen because back in that time, depression was contagious?
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CellularData

#82
Apr 18, 2017, 09:14:13 AM
Infinity/10

I thought World War I was when America declared independence from Nazi Germany in 1812???
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Karanrimé

#83
Apr 18, 2017, 09:15:37 AM
10/10

So... the Bay of Pigs invasion was just a means of slaughtering a bunch of pigs?
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CellularData

#84
Apr 18, 2017, 09:31:06 AM
9/10

I thought the Dark Ages was what ancient people called a solar eclipse
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firefang16

#85
Apr 18, 2017, 10:35:29 AM
10/10

Wait, so the world ISN'T 2017 years old?
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Karanrimé

#86
Apr 18, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
10/10

Nope, It's 2018 years old. 0 is a year.
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P-Code

#87
Apr 18, 2017, 11:16:05 AM
9/10

Genghis Khan? You mean Khan Noonien Singh?



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DragonRidersofRohan

#88
Apr 27, 2017, 03:28:32 AM Last Edit: Apr 27, 2017, 03:28:50 AM by DragonRidersofRohan
6/10

"Pearl Harbor, who was she?"

(I swear my classmates are idiots)
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Faressain

#89
Apr 27, 2017, 03:37:50 AM
7/10

"Wait, Tsar Katarina was secretly a FBI agent?"
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#90
Apr 27, 2017, 08:31:24 AM
2/10

I thought Earth was 14 billion years old.
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Tymewalk

#91
Oct 15, 2017, 03:11:03 PM
10/10

Wait, why is it called the Cold War is America is hot?
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#92
Oct 15, 2017, 10:22:35 PM
bill wurtz explained it in his documentary, it's called cold war because the USSR and the US are trying to keep it cool
To prevent the world from being nuked
10/10

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#93
Oct 17, 2017, 04:40:12 PM Last Edit: Oct 17, 2017, 04:40:21 PM by TurquoiseTabby
9/10
Ghengis Khan what? What can he do?
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#94
Oct 17, 2017, 07:19:32 PM
I kinda get the pun
5/10

Mongols? Is that a type of mangoes?
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in a One Gun Open Sleigh
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Shpore

#95
Dec 19, 2020, 06:45:22 PM
7/10

Why aren't we learning about Mongolian history on Khan Academy?

Zan

#96
Jun 12, 2023, 09:17:05 PM
7/10 I don't get it

Feudal society? Does that have something to do with The Family Feud?
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