The Last Time the Cubs Made It To the World Series...

In case you were unaware: last night, the Cubs beat out Clayton Kershaw and the LA Dodgers 5-0 to take the NL pennant at 4-2 in the series. This was an impressive feat to many, but a life-changing event for those diehard Cubs fans who have certainly been letting you know who they are for the past 12 hours.

The team has ridden out a goat-induced curse for a while now, and last night, people weren't going to not tell you how long it had been since they tasted the words "World Series" on their lips (or flown the W). To be precise, it was 1945 since they last made an appearance, and 1908 since they last won one.

The funny thing that resulted from this recognition was that it caused thousands of people to simultaneously trace their fingers back through the almanac and handpick factoids to tell you. This is a technique also known as: acknowledging general history. Nevertheless, some good facts and jokes resulted from it:

Here are some things that didn't exist the last time the Cubs went to the World Series. It's been awhile. pic.twitter.com/4xQgljtLa8
— ESPN (@espn) October 23, 2016

How Wrigley Field looked the last time the Cubs were in the World Series, Oct. 11, 1945. #FlyTheW #cubs pic.twitter.com/K5TjboGl3V
— Brian Moore (@BriTheWebGuy) October 23, 2016

Meanwhile, my grandfather (middle) and great grandfather (right) on their way to watch the @cubs the last time they were in the World Series pic.twitter.com/7Kbo7MEEZR
— Ilana Rae Borzak (@IRBorz) October 23, 2016

The planet has 7 billion plus folks. Only 200 or so are verified as alive the last time the Cubs won the World Series. #FlyTheW
— Neil W. Blackmon (@nwblackmon) October 23, 2016

The last time the #Cubs made it this far a new house was $4600, a new car was $1000, gas was $0.15/gallon, minimum wage was $0.40/hr
— Jesse Smith (@jesse_smith29) October 23, 2016

Our very own Aaron Gordon went off on the ridiculousness of it all:

I am going to be making fun of shit like this all week and there's nothing you can do to stop me https://t.co/JCuHzAkrJB
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

HEY GUYS THE LAST TIME THE CUBS PLAYED IN THE WORLD SERIES HITLER HAD ONLY BEEN DEAD FOR FIVE MONTHS WOWIE THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO CRAZY
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

Crazy that some of those Japanese soldiers left on those deserted islands still think the Cubs haven't been to a World Series since 1908.
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

The last time the Cubs were in the World Series the average global temperature was 1°C cooler.
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

The last time the Cubs were in the World Series The Greatest Generation was just The Current Generation.
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

World Different In 1945, According To Sports
— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) October 23, 2016

Other people joined in on the fun (it's fun! try it!)

"The last time the Cubs won a World Series there were no Warriors to blow a 3-1 lead"
— Nathaniel Friedman (@freedarko) October 23, 2016

The last time the Cubs won a World Series, the Republican Party was associated with advancing the interests of racial minority groups.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 23, 2016

The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, D.W. Griffith had just directed his first film. (This is not a joke, this is true.)
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) October 23, 2016

The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the number one movie in America was a flip-book of a running dog. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) October 23, 2016

The last time the Cubs made the World Series Americans agreed that fascism was bad
— James Hell Brooks (@BobbyBigWheel) October 23, 2016

What a map of Africa looked like the last time the Cubs won the World Series. pic.twitter.com/34nhAcgONH
— John Edwin Mason (@johnedwinmason) October 23, 2016

And even random PR accounts were getting in on it with obscure facts:

The last time the #Cubs made it to the World Series Kurt Vonnegut was studying Anthropology in Chicago
— Kurt Vonnegut Museum (@VonnegutLibrary) October 23, 2016

Alright, that's a stretch. You get what I mean, though. All kinds of things had and hadn't happened before 1945 and 1908. Get ready to know all about them soon enough.