23 Facts That Will Totally Fuck With Your Perception Of Time
Um, so, Oxford University is older than the Aztecs. THE AZTECS.
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of Snapchat than to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Cleopatra died a little more than 2,000 years ago in 30 BCE, while the Great Pyramid was completed around 2560 BCE. That's a difference of more than 2,500 years.
Also, the Great Pyramid was older to the Romans than the Romans are to us.
Even in its earlier years, the Roman Empire was still further removed from the construction of the Great Pyramid than they are from us.
Oh, and the Stegosaurus was older to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T-Rex is to us.
Not only did they not exist at the same time, but the T-Rex (which lived 85 to 65 million years ago) became a species about 74 million years after the Stegosaurus died out.
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The oldest living person was born closer to the signing of the US Constitution than to today.
Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, the oldest living person today at age 117, was born in 1899...that's 112 years after the signing of the Constitution, which was signed in 1787.
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