this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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Illustrations of history

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We need to hold a seance to summon u/fuckswithducks from reddit. They can provide some more historical context.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your guess is as good as mine

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Then yes, he tied it to his dick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

"Why did the pervert cross the road?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Airlines HATE him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Homies got duckcentipeded

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK ive seen like 5 of these now i need an explanation

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Should only be 3 unless someone else has added some which would be cool.

Baron Munchausen was a fictional character from the 1780s. A bit of a parody a baron from the time who liked to exaggerate his stories but it evolved into its own little universe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's from a series of postcards with illustrations by Oscar Herrfurth.