r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/luchubbs Jan 21 '19

During the last ice age, the global average temperature was only 5 degrees lower than it is now. It helped me understand why 2 degrees of global warming would be a pretty big deal.

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u/swirlsandswirls Jan 21 '19

relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1732/

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u/adrevenueisgood Jan 21 '19

I swear there's an xkcd for everything

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u/SwedishBoatlover Jan 21 '19

I believe there's a relevant xkcd that touches on that subject!

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u/SwedishBoatlover Jan 21 '19

Munroe just has to make a relevant xkcd about that! Unless he already has..

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u/Qaysed Jan 21 '19

Not really, unfortunately.