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re: 23 Facts that may challenge your understanding of time/history
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:57 pm to AnonymousTiger
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:57 pm to AnonymousTiger
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8. John Tyler, America's 10th President, has two living grandchildren.
Yeah, this one blew my mind when I first heard about it. These guys are alive right now and their father was born prior to the civil war and was old enough that he probably vividly remembered growing up in a home with slaves.
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:26 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Hate to burst your bubble, but he did not post the entire list.
Not sure it would have all fit in the OP.
so I tried to pick most of the ones I thought were more interesting. 
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:04 pm to Louisiania
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Yeah, this one blew my mind when I first heard about it. These guys are alive right now and their father was born prior to the civil war and was old enough that he probably vividly remembered growing up in a home with slaves.
Does suck that their grandfather probably died 50+ years before they were born, and probably barely knew their dad
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:14 pm to AnonymousTiger
As a history nerd I love shite like this
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:17 pm to biglego
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I thought tortoises were the oldest creatures at like 150.
Tortoises are reptiles. They specified that they were talking about mammals. Tortoises may still be the oldest form of reptile, for what it's worth.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:52 pm to AnonymousTiger
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understanding of time
And yeah, where's #23?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:53 pm to AnonymousTiger
Cool list 
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:20 am to LSUTigers1986
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Modern humans are only a few thousand years old. The universe is 13.8 billion years old. That sounds pretty right.
Modern humans have been around about 250,000 years, not just a few thousand years. We have just only had written history for about the last 10,000 years or so.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 1:10 am to LeonPhelps
quote:Awwwww, ya done did it now.
Modern humans have been around about 250,000 years,
Posted on 3/26/14 at 11:31 pm to Louisiania
My grandfather was born in 1850, died in 1934. I 2as born in 1956. Similar,
Posted on 3/27/14 at 12:10 am to TygerTyger
TygerTyger wrote:
"Is it just me or does Cleopatra make your pants all tight?"
Pizza Hut can make one's pants all tight too.
"Is it just me or does Cleopatra make your pants all tight?"
Pizza Hut can make one's pants all tight too.
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