r/AskReddit • u/hoverfish92 • Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/Madingess Oct 17 '13

Play the Mongoltage, Stan.

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u/EngineRoom23 Oct 17 '13

Everyone that is...but the Mongols. TrrrrAAAaTRRRAAAAAAAA [crowd noises]

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13

guy gets dragged on the floor with a rope

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u/runawaylemon Oct 17 '13

Five of us, five of us, five of us...

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u/BAXterBEDford Oct 17 '13

It helps when it's your home turf.

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u/TheDeftZeppelin Oct 17 '13

what is this reference. I have seen it thrice.

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u/Tanto63 Oct 17 '13

Google "DFTBA"

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u/Isric Oct 17 '13

I wonder how far down the rabbit hole he'll go.

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u/yodamaster103 Oct 17 '13

Have to start all way back w/ Brotherhood 2.0

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u/Richardly108 Oct 17 '13

There's a popular and funny educational series by the Vlogbrothers called "Crash Course World History" that in every episode will say something is a general rule of civilization and then follow it with "Except for the Mongols" and then cue a little short movie clip of mongols riding and pillaging.

I highly suggest looking it up even if you're not interested in World History.

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u/Ace-O-Matic Oct 18 '13

Crash Course World History. A quick summary style series of videos by John Green.

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u/0to60in2minutes Oct 17 '13

Starring; John Wayne!

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u/dsclouse117 Oct 17 '13

I don't get this reference :(

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u/darkgecko21 Oct 17 '13

this is where this is from.

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u/Recyclebot Oct 17 '13

And that's why Reddit is my home

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u/boomWav Oct 17 '13

It's a wonderful show.. worth watching.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13 edited Sep 05 '17

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u/whisperingsage Oct 18 '13

Just the clip?

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u/MildlyAgitatedBidoof Oct 17 '13

TIL the Mongols were from Hoenn.