The Biggest Plotholes of World History

Feb 27, 2016 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts

I recently came across a hilarious Reddit thread titled, “Assume all of world history is a movie. What are the biggest plotholes?” I’m including here some of my favorite responses. You can visit visit the original thread for more. Oh, and apologies for the language…

At the Beginning, there were Dinosaurs

Then came Religion…

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…And the Middle Ages

Things progressed fast, after that. Too fast.

Technology brought along War…

…And the Titanic

Today, we face new challenges, including Terrorism…

…North Korea…

…and Inequality.

So how will it all end?

If you can think of any other glaring plotholes, I’d love to hear from you!

The Biggest Plotholes of World History

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23 Comments

macjam47 on February 29, 2016 at 00:35

These are hilarious. Love David’s comment.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 29, 2016 at 10:57
  
  Hear, hear 🙂
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M T McGuire on February 29, 2016 at 00:03

Loved it. Really great. I particularly enjoyed the way the later ones got like John Scalzi’s Redshirts and we’re all worrying whether we were cancelled!
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 29, 2016 at 10:57
  
  Lol – absolutely! Very Truman show all that 🙂
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  - M T McGuire on February 29, 2016 at 22:45
    
    Yeh, very. 😉
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Noelle Granger on February 28, 2016 at 01:37

I did do a little mental happy dance reading this. One pothole, or maybe just a disaster, was the burning of the Alexandrian library. What do you think?
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 29, 2016 at 10:56
  
  A tragedy as great as the fall of Bagdad to the Mongols.
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D. Wallace Peach on February 27, 2016 at 18:04

These are fabulous, Nicholas. Had me laughing from the start. The “And Inequality” plot hole shows up quite a bit in my books. I wish it was a plot hole! 🙂
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 19:02
  
  Yes, some were rather poignant 🙂
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Charles Yallowitz on February 27, 2016 at 15:08

Reminds me of a tweet I saw this week. “Humanity is in its last season and the writers have lost their minds.”
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 19:01
  
  The end is nigh? 😀
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  - Charles Yallowitz on February 27, 2016 at 20:39
    
    Feels like it some days.
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  - Charles Yallowitz on February 27, 2016 at 22:59
    
    Verily. 🙂
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Diane Tibert on February 27, 2016 at 14:21

This falls into the category of life being stranger than fiction. The unsinkable ship sinks.

This was funny to read, and reveals how crazy the world really is. Thanks for sharing.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 19:00
  
  It’s just our books that must make sense 🙂
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Eric Klingenberg on February 27, 2016 at 13:17

Thanks that really cheered me up, never thought of history like that before.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 19:00
  
  That’s why I love Reddit 🙂
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Gayle Mullen Pace on February 27, 2016 at 12:19

History is so much fun. I just love plot holes. Wish my editor did.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 18:59
  
  Lol – you now have a great response if he complains! “Hey, if it’s good enough for life, it’s good enough for me” 😀
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Widdershins on February 27, 2016 at 10:37

We must be alone in the universe because …. um, reasons.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 18:24
  
  Lol – sounds convincing 😀
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davidprosser on February 27, 2016 at 08:05

Now we can see where TV gets all it’s script ideas from.
Hugs
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on February 27, 2016 at 18:23
  
  😀
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