On May 10, 2017, Bill Wurtz uploaded "History of the Entire World, I Guess," to Youtube. A follow-up to his popular "History of Japan," the twenty minute world-explainer went viral nearly immediately. The short, which features colorful animations and short, witty bits of text has become very popular with meme makers, who have managed to use stills to make jokes about anything from metal to Vince McMahon. These are some of our favorites.