31 of the Pettiest Jerk Moves in History

‘When Hitler promised he wouldn’t invade Czechoslovakia and then did it anyway’

If choices throughout history were made on logical reasoning, it would be a whole lot less of a mess. If you love old-timey drama, however, you’re probably happy that our ancestors were just as petty as we are. This rears its head occasionally in an exchange notable enough to make it into the historical record.

Redditors shared what they considered some of the biggest jerk moves in history. People of both antiquity and modern times throwing each other massive middle fingers that just so happened to also affect the path of the world. 

Keep reading for some big-time historical nose-thumbings.

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