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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (7 children)

TIL the pyramids are closer in time to stegosaurus than we are

Did you mean closer than we are to the construction of the pyramids? Because obviously the pyramids are closer in time, because they were before us, and the dinosaurs were before them.

[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Personally I laughed out loud because I expected it to be one of those "mind blowing" facts like "Cleopatra was born closer to the release of the iPhone than to the construction of the pyramids," but OP turned it into a shitpost by making a really obvious statement instead. It subverted my expectations. Barvo, OP, brvao

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's always this one:

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.

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