18 Comparisons of Time to Change Your Perception
The past never seems like that long ago, but time flies as they say, and we're left with some pretty cool things that go against our standard perceptions of time. Here are 19 interesting facts of time.
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Established In 1198, The Braizen Head, The Oldest Pub In The World, Would've Been Established During The Lifetime Of Genghis Khan. If Genghis Invaded, He Could've Had A Pint Le Craic Agus Ceol
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The World's Oldest Person Just Turned 118 In 2021. When She Was An Infant A 110 Year Old Woman Held That Title. That Woman Was A Baby While Marie Antoinette Was Still Alive
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Hannah Stilley Gorby, Born In 1746 And Photographed In 1840, Is The Earliest-Born Person To Have Been Photographed. She Was 43 Years Old When The French Revolution Started And Was 10 When Mozart Was Born
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Super Mario Sunshine Is Closer In Release Date To The Original Super Mario Bros Than Today. (1985-2002, 2002-2019)
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George Orwell's "1984" Was Published In 1949. Had It Come Out In 1984, It Could Have Been Called "2019"
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The Beatles Released Abbey Road In 1969, Closer To The End Of The First World War Than To The Modern Day
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The Time Between The Release Of Jumanji And Today Is The Same Amount Of Time That Alan Parrish Spent Stuck Inside Of The Game
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Jeanne Calment Was Born When Ulysses S. Grant Was President And Died During Bill Clinton's Second Term
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If Back To The Future Took Place In 2020, Marty Would Travel Back To The Year 1990. And The Song He'd Play At The Enchantment Under The Sea Dance Would Probably Be "Smells Like Teen Spirit" By Nirvana.
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Woolly Mammoths Still Existed When The Pyramids Of Egypt Were Built. The Pyramids Were Built Around 2600 BC, While The Last Woolly Mammoths Went Extinct Around 1650 BC.
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George Washington Died In 1799; The First Dinosaur Fossil Was Discovered In 1824 George Washington Never Knew Dinosaurs Existed.
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“Grease” Was Filmed In 1978, About A High School Romance In 1958. Today, The Film Would Be About The Year 2000.
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Orville Wright, One Of The Two Inventors Of The Plane, Was Still Alive When Hiroshima And Nagasaki Were Bombed In 1945. He Died In 1948.
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Three Candidates In The 2020 Presidential Election -- Sanders, Biden, And Bloomberg -- Were Born Closer To The Civil War Than To The Present.
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Kurt Cobain Has Been Dead Longer Than He Was Alive. He Lived For 9907 Days, And May 20, 2021 Is The 9908th Day Since His Death On April 5, 1994.
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The Characters In Top Gun Singing Great Balls Of Fire In 1986 Is Equivalent To Singing Ice Ice Baby (1957-1986, 1990-2019).
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Mel Brooks, Born In 1926 And Still Working Today, Has Been Alive For The Entire History Of Sound Feature Films.
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Betty Marion White Was Born In 1922; The First BMW Car Rolled Off The Line In 1928. Betty White Is The Original BMW.
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The First Episode Of Arrested Development Aired In November 2003, Closer To The Fall Of The Berlin Wall (1989) Than 2019. Barbara Walters Was 74 At The Time.
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AC/DC's Historical Singer Bon Scott Was Born In 1946 And Died In 1980 When He Was 34 Years Old. AC/DC's Current Singer Brian Johnson Joined Them The Year Bon Scott Died: Brian Johnson Played With AC/DC For Longer Than Bon Scott Lived On The Earth.
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