re: 23 Facts that may challenge your understanding of time/history

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The last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series, women were not allowed to vote.

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Thanks Mr. 19th Amendment...

Whoa

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8. John Tyler, America's 10th President, has two living grandchildren.

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pimping

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22. If the history of Earth were compressed to a single year, modern humans would appear on December 31st at about 11:58pm.

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We know the author watched the first episode of the Cosmos remake.

And he still got it wrong. It isn't the history of Earth. It's the history of the universe compressed into one year.

I don't see why anyone would be wowed by the Ottoman Empire one. Pretty sure if you care a lick about history you know they were around until after WW1.

Modern humans are only a few thousand years old. The universe is 13.8 billion years old. That sounds pretty right.

NdGT wouldn't lie to me.

Great stuff right here. Hard to believe the calculator one though.

you get a up arrow for putting them in the OP and not making making click some link. good for you.

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you get a up arrow for putting them in the OP and not making making click some link. good for you.

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Hate to burst your bubble, but he did not post the entire list.

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The human race has lived on Earth for only 0.004% of the planet's history.

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way to make me feel insignificant.

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The idea that someone can say with certainty that those two dinasaurs never shared the earth is absurd.

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So is using "certainty" because 99.999999999999999 is not good enough for you