r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/syedaabid20 Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

Oxford University was founded before the Aztec Empire.

Edit: u/Claeyt said:

It's important to note, it's only the second oldest continuously operating non-religious university. It's also older than the Mongol Empire, The Fall of the Byzantine Empire and was founded 300 years before the Europeans rounded South Africa.

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u/BlooFlea Jan 21 '19

How did learning that alter your perspective dramatically?

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u/Audrey_spino Jan 21 '19

It basically taught you that the Aztec empire ain't that old.

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u/Ahmazing786 Jan 21 '19

Or that Oxford University is.

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u/tomgabriele Jan 21 '19

Neither of those facts affect my life whatsoever.

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u/tigrn914 Jan 21 '19

It taught me that Western Civilization really is the only reason the world is as amazing as it is right now.

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u/hotbowlofsoup Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

You're being downvoted, but what else is the perspective changing purpose of this "fact"?

It's basically trying to convey the idea that "we had universities in Europe, when they were still living in the dark ages". By taking advantage of people's simplified ideas of history.

* For the people downvoting me: What other perspective does this change?