History Memes

Scotland's first railway, the Cockenzie and Tranent waggonway, played a role in the Battle of Prestonpans (1745). The final piece of the line went out of use in the 1960s.

The Last Stand by Sabaton was describing an event that happened in 1527, the year Henry VIII was trying to get an annulment. The events of The last stand played a role in the founding of the church of England.

San Marino is so old it was founded before The Council of Nicea.

The oldest Evidence in the archeological record we have of transgender individuals is older than the oldest archaeological evidence for gay couples.

The first use of "OMG" was on a memo sent to Winston Churchill in 1917.

India and Sri Lanka were connected by a land bridge until the 1500s. The remains of which are still a tourist attraction.

The first scientific study into transgender people was published in 1896 and studies about transgender people were burnt by the Nazis. Don't ever let people say transgender people are a recent thing.

The Romance languages have been written down for so long that we can basically watch the evolution of multiple languages in real time through texts.

Oxford university was founded before what would become the Maori settled in New Zealand.

One of the last people born into (legal) Slavery in the USA died after being hit by a car in the 1970s.

It's possible that former Samurai lived to see the 20th century.