Time is a funny thing. We watch it pass every day, yet it can still be surprisingly hard to put into perspective.
Did you know, for example, that Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing in 1969 than to the building of the Great Pyramids around 2500 BCE? Or that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire? Teaching began there around 1096, while the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was not founded until 1325.
Pretty wild, right? Well, today we put together a list of fascinating timeline comparisons just like these, shared by members of the subreddit r/BarbaraWalters4Scale. Scroll down to check them out and see just how different history can look when you put certain moments side by side.
#41 Richard Cheney's Passing Is The First Time This Century That Any President, Vice President, Or First Lady Has Passed Away Before The Age Of 90
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) - 93
Gerald Ford (1913-2006) - 93
Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) - 94
Betty Ford (1918-2011) - 93
Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) - 94
Barbara Bush (1925-2018) - 92
George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) - 94
Walter Mondale (1928-2021) - 93
Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023) - 96
Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) - 100
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#43 A Then 114 Year Old Christian Mortensen And 2nd Oldest Man In History Smoking A Cigar In A Wheelchair, United States, 1997
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#45 Seeing A Civil War Veteran In 1945 Would Be The Equivalent Of Seeing A Ww2 Veteran Today
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#46 Christopher Chaplin's Father, Charlie Chaplin, Was Born In 1889 And Chris Is Still Under 65
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#47 Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Was Born 11 Days After South Park First Aired
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#48 The Last Time A Pope Wore A Papal Tiara Was In 1963. The First Time Was In The 1100s
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#49 A Senator Who Voted Against The Civil Rights Act Was Still In Office During Obama's Presidency
Robert Byrd filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and continued to serve in the Senate until his death in 2010.
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#50 Last Known Son Of A Civil War Veteran Passed Away On June 7th Of This Year
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#51 Christopher Lee Passed Away Closer To The Year 2100 Than His Own Birth Date
1922 to 2015 = 93 years
2015 to 2100 = 85 years
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#52 Someone From The 1900s Decade Has Made It To 2026
It’s the new year in the UK. This is the most recent photo of Ethel Caterham (Dec 25th)
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#53 The Last Widow Of A Civil War Soldier Died In 2020. That Would Be The Equivalent To A War In Afghanistan Widow Dying In 2176
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#55 Abraham Lincoln Likely Didn't Know Of The Existence Of Panda's As They Were Unknown To Western Science Until 1869
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#56 Despite Living In The 20th Century, There Are No Known Voice Recordings Of George Orwell And Only One Known Video Of Him
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#57 Silverfish Have A Lifespan Of 2 To 8 Years. So There's Definitely A Few Pre Covid Silverfish Crawling Around Somewhere
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#58 Reviewbrahs First Food Review Was A Burger, Nuggets, And Fries For $2.89. That Same Meal Would Be $8.77 Today
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#59 Khamenei Is The First Ruler In History To Pass On The First Official Day Of War
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#60 Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey And Gwen Stefani Are Now All Older Than Lbj Was In This Picture
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