Humans have been around for a long time, and we've racked up quite a bit of history. It's impossible to know it all, but the easily digestible format of memes can help us get through more of it than any textbook. And you might find some humor in the history you already know. 

For example, you probably had a few history units on the colonial powers and their various navies. The English, the French, and the Spanish all wielded formidable aquatic power, but they achieved their results in different, and stereotypically accurate ways. As one meme here describes, the uptight British relied on training, the French relied on defense, and the fun-loving Spanish brought the biggest guns.

See that meme and more in this collection of history funnies they didn't teach you in school.