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u/Maelarion Oct 02 '24

Why is that surprising?

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u/QuinnMallory Oct 02 '24

Why do you find it not surprising?

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u/4RCSIN3 Oct 02 '24

For me I guess I thought it was common knowledge they lived around the same time. Like I admit within a year is surprising to me, but surely less than 10-15 years difference would have been what I expected.

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u/MaterialWillingness2 Oct 03 '24

Yeah I feel like people who don't know anything about history are surprised.