Facts About History Which Will Mess With Your Perception Of Time

satirequeen

Apr 26, 2020 1:00 PM EDT

Time is a weird thing, but our perception of time is even stranger. We think of some historical events as things that happened in the "ancient times" or "olden days", and others as fairly recent, or "modern". But our minds would be blown if we found out how many of them actually happened in the same era, like the ones below. See how many of these crazy historical facts you actually knew, and how many will make you say "Whaaaaat?!"

01
London Underground used to be transportation that also takes you to see public hangings.

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02
1967, NASA was already exploring space. Meanwhile, scientists finally agreed on tectonic plates.

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03
The Oregon trail was first trodden by wagon in 1843, the year when fax machine was invented.

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04
Swiss women were granted their rights to vote during the year US drove a buggy on the moon in 1971.

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05
The last person on death row for the guillotine in France died when Star Wars came out in 1977.

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06
Calculus was actually invented years after Harvard University was established

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07
Mother Teresa died 5 days after Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997.

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Barak Obama won the election the year the last widow of a civil war veteran passed away.

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09
Ecstasy was made the year the Titanic sank in 1912.

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10
This Bristlecone Pine is the oldest tree alive and was 1,000 years old when Wooly Mammoth died out.

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11
Anne Frank was the same age as Martin Luther King (1929).

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12
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Was Published In The Summer Of 2007. The Same Summer First iPhone Model Was Released

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13
George Washington doesn’t know the existence of dinosaur as he died in 1799, 25 years before the first fossil was found.

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14
Oxford University is hundreds of years older than The Aztec Empire (1428)

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15
This tortoise is Harriet who passed away back in 2016. It’s also the only tortoise who’s seen Charles Darwin in person.

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16
Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth are shaking hands here during a movie premiere in London, 1956. They were both 30 then.

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17
America’s 10th President, John Tyler (1970) has two grandsons who are still alive today, in 2019.

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Eiffel Tower Was Inaugurated In 1889 For The World’s Fair, Which Was The Same Year Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Was Painted

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Facts About History Which Will Mess With Your Perception Of Time

London Underground used to be transportation that also takes you to see public hangings.

1967, NASA was already exploring space. Meanwhile, scientists finally agreed on tectonic plates.

The Oregon trail was first trodden by wagon in 1843, the year when fax machine was invented.

Swiss women were granted their rights to vote during the year US drove a buggy on the moon in 1971.

The last person on death row for the guillotine in France died when Star Wars came out in 1977.

Calculus was actually invented years after Harvard University was established

Mother Teresa died 5 days after Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997.

Barak Obama won the election the year the last widow of a civil war veteran passed away.

Ecstasy was made the year the Titanic sank in 1912.

This Bristlecone Pine is the oldest tree alive and was 1,000 years old when Wooly Mammoth died out.

Anne Frank was the same age as Martin Luther King (1929).

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Was Published In The Summer Of 2007. The Same Summer First iPhone Model Was Released

George Washington doesn’t know the existence of dinosaur as he died in 1799, 25 years before the first fossil was found.

Oxford University is hundreds of years older than The Aztec Empire (1428)

This tortoise is Harriet who passed away back in 2016. It’s also the only tortoise who’s seen Charles Darwin in person.

Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth are shaking hands here during a movie premiere in London, 1956. They were both 30 then.

America’s 10th President, John Tyler (1970) has two grandsons who are still alive today, in 2019.

Eiffel Tower Was Inaugurated In 1889 For The World’s Fair, Which Was The Same Year Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Was Painted

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