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    21 Jokes That Will Make History Nerds Choke With Laughter

    "'The floor is lava!' — Everyone, Pompeii, 79 A.D."

    1. This workaround by Henry VIII:

    2. This sad, but honest, truth:

    3. This ridiculousness:

    4. This hair-raiser:

    5. This mid-19th century zinger:

    6. This joke about the failed French invasion of Russia:

    7. This shade towards Julius Caesar's most famous killer:

    8. This accurate recreation of Caesar's last moments:

    9. And the exact moment he probably said, “Et tu, Brute?

    10. This hilarious reference to Alexander Hamilton:

    11. This ~killer~ joke:

    12. And this one too:

    13. This joke about the popular use of guillotines during the French Revolution:

    14. This joke about how close we all came to having a World War III:

    15. This next-level dad joke 800-plus years in the making:

    16. This honest recreation of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles:

    Germany: *signs Treaty of Versailles* Also Germany: *invades Poland* Europe: ...What are you doing? Germany:

    17. This Lorde-meets-anti-tyranny hit:

    18. This hilariously ~crusading~ commentary:

    19. This truth about Shakespeare's plays:

    20. This breath-taking image of Vlad the...

    21. And finally, this joke about how brutal winter really can be: