Books are, to some, a great way to pass down knowledge to future generations.

But the people who invented written language totally missed the bus for memes. Er, they actually died before the bus showed up -- albeit at the bus stop. Anyway.

Memes, whether they be dank, dark or wholesome, are an excellent way to boil a fact down into an easily digestible and extremely shareable format. Kind of like making children's cough syrup sweet, some memes can cloak some real-deal historical information into a more palatable solution.