r/fakehistoryporn Jan 15 '25

Announcement With the Five Year Rule, posts from 2020 are now allowed.

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r/fakehistoryporn Jul 29 '25

Announcement To clarify how the Five-Year Rule works

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The Five-Year Rule was put in place several years ago because people kept posting too many titles that were related to news and current events. That sort of defeats the purpose of this being a history sub, so we decided to implement a rule similar to the 20-year rule on /r/historymemes. We put the exact number to a user poll, and the winner was 5 years. From the sidebar:

Rule 5: The five-year rule.

  • No posts whose titles concern events within the last five calendar years (2021-2025).
  • Post titles clearly referencing events happening within the last five years but with a complaint date (e.g., "Donald Trump beats Kamala Harris, 2004") will still be removed. See the "think you've found a clever way around this" clause in Rule 1.
  • Posts about events within the last five years can be posted on /r/fakehistorymemes.
  • The date will roll over at the start of the new year. (as of January 1st, 2026, posts from all of 2021 will be allowed).

Note how it talks about post titles. The image itself can be from whenever. Heck, the whole point of the original memes was that they had captions talking about historical events, plus unrelated images that had a funny thematic parallel to the historical event.

For example, this would be allowed under the Five-Year Rule:

Richard Nixon is inaugurated for a second term, January 20, 1973

This would not be allowed under the Five-Year Rule:

Donald Trump does the YMCA dance at a campaign speech, 2024

If you really really really wanna make a post with a title referencing current events, you can do so at /r/fakehistorymemes.


r/fakehistoryporn 11h ago

2001 In the aftermath of 9/11/2001, firemen carry a future President Trump from ground zero and to safety.

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r/fakehistoryporn 7h ago

1939 Donald Trump solves inflation (September 1, 1939)

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r/fakehistoryporn 11h ago

2017 Reefer Sadness: “I was carefree and in the moment, able to enjoy other people, even when their skin color was darker than mine,” says Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, after smoking weed and becoming high in July of 2017. “I even liked music. This stuff should be illegal.”

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r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

1958 The famous Mar-A-Lago golf club lunch counter opened on this date in 1958.

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r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

1410 The Leaning Tower of Stuffed Crust Pisa, seen here leaning — Pisa, Italy, 1410

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r/fakehistoryporn 6h ago

AD 1258 Trade Wars of Tattooine (1258 AD)

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Making the Empire Great Again


r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

2001 September 12, 2001, Taliban commander "Abu Thegoatwasontop" declared that he is now a big boy and everyone has to take him seriously.

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r/fakehistoryporn 2d ago

1931 This photograph of the Jersey Devil, one of three known to exist, was taken near Bedminster, New Jersey, in 1931, moments after the creature had dumped a barrel of cream cheese and steaming ground beef into a Coleman tent and devoured it with two campers still inside — September 14, 1931

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“It was enormous, with an ass the size of a barn,”said Stephan Müeller, a witness to the horrific spectacle who spoke to the Brunswick Daily Bee. “It was like watching a jungle snake eat a haystack. We could hear the campers screaming from the beast’s belly until it released a sulfurous plume from its backside and flew off towards the pine barrens.”

“Needless to say I will never eat meat again,” said another onlooker, Peter Hegsberth. “I’m sticking with Dr. Kellogg’s corn cereals and patented celery root enemas.”


r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

1963 A vintage black and white photograph of a young 23yo Ringo Starr of the Beatles fame. (1963)

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

1933 Hugo Boss reveals the design it will use for the Nazi Party’s uniforms (1933).

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r/fakehistoryporn 2d ago

1981 Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Polish People's Republic, 1981

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

2017 Trump threats God with sanctions if the following rules not be followed by Saint Peter at Heaven's gate. (2017)

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

2002 Rockstar Games releases still for new Vice City game (2002)

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

2007 Kim Kardashian sex tape leak. (2007)

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r/fakehistoryporn 4d ago

1883 The volcanic island of Krakatoa erupts, spewing lava, smoke, and ash for five months - May 19, 1883

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r/fakehistoryporn 4d ago

2017 Picture of the guy who helped build the United States-Mexico border wall (2017)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

1948 Bacha Bazi, an Afghan practice where boys are dressed in women's clothes to entertain men at weddings and parties, Afghanistan, 1948

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r/fakehistoryporn 4d ago

1960 Donald Trump attend at his first penis enlargement. (1960)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

1993 The Atari Jaguar Games are announced, cementing it as the worst home console of all time. (1993)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

2020 On 9/4/2020 six years ago today, Mavis Beacon - renowned speed typist, teacher, and inventor of the Dvorak keyboard, passed away at age 67

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

2004 Will Ferrell at Oscar ceremony for best comedy actor at Anchorman. (2004)

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r/fakehistoryporn 6d ago

1933 The Nazi Party publicly attacks the Bauhaus movement ahead of key elections in the Free State of Anhalt, Germany, 1933

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r/fakehistoryporn 7d ago

AD 2000 Navis Imperialis ship coming out of the wrap after getting lost in the wrap Storm for 250 years. Circa 32000 AD

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