If you thought history was the study of past events, apparently you need to expand your mind and broaden your horizons. 

In a speech today, the president suggested that history is like a time machine or spaceship that goes backwards and forwards and even side to side. 

People are scratching their heads at what this even means.

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Reactions on Twitter:

@WhiteHouse Is this a parody account?

— Scott Lofquist (@ScottLofquist) April 10, 2014

" layout="responsive" width="600" height="480">April 10, 2014" layout="responsive" width="600" height="480">@TheH2 @WhiteHouse Oh my God that song is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the week. Damn you.

— Drew (@BigMcLrgHuge) April 10, 2014

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And the sad truth of the matter – perhaps what the president was getting at?

@WhiteHouse The only history that travels backwards & sideways is revisionist history.

— Andy Currier (@andrewpcurrier) April 10, 2014

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