American History LOL! Site Updates the Past, Perez Hilton Style

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Todd Wasserman
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The problem with American history is it's just so dull. There was no reality TV or Kim Kardashian back then, which begs the question: How can we, you know, spruce it up for today's attention span-challenged readers?

Perez Hamilton answers that question. The site, which Kottke.org dubbed "OMG American History LOL," presents our nation's unfolding drama as the Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton might have chronicled it.

Thus, King William's War is heralded with the lede, "Yuck!! War is dumb!!!!" And witness the white-scrawled caption "Imma kill you!" over a painting of the leaders of New France and New England at odds.

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