The History of the World in 27 Dumb Jokes
Updated: Oct. 02, 2018Were you bored silly in history class? Then you’ll love laughing at Socrates, Caesar, Queen Elizabeth II and more.
Jurassic Period: Dinosaurs
Q: Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
A: Because the pee is silent.
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Circa 469 BC: The Birth of Western Philosophy
Q: Who was Socrates’s worst student?
A: Mediocrities.
Q: Who was his busiest student?
A: The one with a lot on his Plato.
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221 BC: China Begins Construction On an Enormous Fortification
Q: Why did Mark Zuckerberg visit Beijing?
A: To see the Great Firewall.
5th Century to 15th Century: The Middle Ages
Q: Who was the roundest knight at King Arthur’s Round Table?
A: Sir Cumference.
1492: Christopher Columbus Comes to America
Q: What vegetable did Columbus not want on his ship?
A: A leek.
1509: A New Tudor King Is Crowned
Q: Who invented fractions?
A: Henry the 1/8th.
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1687: Sir Isaac Newton Publishes His Landmark Book on Physics
Q: What did Newton’s doctor tell him when the apple fell on his head?
A: “I don’t think you understand the gravity of this situation.”
1789: George Washington Elected President
Q: Why do cherry trees smell?
A: Because George Washington cut one.
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1789: The French Revolution
Q: What happens when a guillotine operator is fired?
A: He gets no severance pay.
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1886: Lady Liberty Is Dedicated
Q: What does the Statue of Liberty stand for?
A: It can’t sit down.
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1903: First Airplane Flight
Q: Why did Wilbur and Orville invent the airplane?
A: Because if someone else had been first, it wouldn’t have been Wright.
1912: The Titanic Sinks
Q: What do you get when you cross the Atlantic Ocean with the Titanic?
A: Halfway.
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1914: World War I
Q: What did the German kaiser roll say to the French baguette?
A: Gluten Tag.
1920: Prohibition
“It’s true, alcohol kills people. But how many are born because of it?”
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1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Q: How did Fidel Castro find out about the Bay of Pigs?
A: Someone squealed.
2015: Queen Elizabeth II Becomes Britain’s Longest-Serving Monarch
Q: Why is England the wettest country?
A: Because the Queen has reigned there for years!
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