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=== Jokes about history === | === Jokes about history === | ||
* Why is it called "Mesopotamia"? | * Why is it called "Mesopotamia"? | ||
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* ''Because there weren't just a lot of Potamians, there was a Mesopotamians!'' | * ''Because there weren't just a lot of Potamians, there was a Mesopotamians!'' | ||
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* Why is it called the "Dark Ages"? | |||
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* ''Because there were so many knights'' | |||
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* What music did the Pilgrims listen to? | |||
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* ''Plymouth Rock'' | |||
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* What cut the Roman Empire in half? | |||
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* ''A pair of Ceasars'' | |||
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* How did Vikings send secret messages? ? | |||
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* ''By Norse Code'' | |||
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* Why is it called "Mesopotamia"? | |||
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* ''Because there weren't just a lot of Potamians, there was a Mesopotamians!'' | |||
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* How did Louis XIV feel after building Versaille? | |||
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* ''Baroque'' | |||
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* What does Alexander the Great and Kermit the Frog have in common? | |||
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* ''the same middle name, "The"'' | |||
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* How did Louis XIV feel after building Versailles? | |||
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* ''Baroque'' | |||
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== other to do == | == other to do == | ||
* [[Anachronism]] | * [[Anachronism]] | ||
* [[Apocryphal]] | * [[Apocryphal]] | ||