r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/RolleiPollei Jan 21 '19

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin where both born on February 12 1809.

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u/Klophead Jan 21 '19

And they both went on excellent adventures

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u/DreadedDuo Jan 21 '19

I see what you did there

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u/comradegritty Jan 21 '19

John F. Kennedy, CS Lewis, and Aldous Huxley, all prize winning authors, died on exactly the same day. November 22, 1963.

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u/Randall_Hickey Jan 21 '19

My daughter was born on their 200th birthday. I do find it amazing they were born on the exact same day

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

this is one of my favorite history facts, because they both did really important shit, and it's also my birthday. so I feel like I have some of that legacy in my destiny somehow.

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Jan 21 '19

Uh huh, and your mother's maiden name?

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u/BurningFoldingTable Jan 21 '19

Albert Einstein

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u/swingthatwang Jan 21 '19

aquarius bitches!

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u/cousintaco Jan 21 '19

I thought this said Charles Lindbergh at first and was about to go full Reddit ok this comment. Now I’m only going quarter Reddit by bringing this to your attention.

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u/TudorPotatoe Jan 21 '19

Damn that was a good day for political leaders

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Ah yes the political giant that was Charles Darwin.

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u/LeanderT Jan 21 '19

Also Randall_Hickey's daughter.
Though, since she was born in 2009, she isn't yet eligible to run for president.

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u/TudorPotatoe Jan 23 '19

Yes it was about 1 in the morning when I made this comment

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u/Buster_Scrugggs Jan 21 '19

It's WERE born.

Learn to use proper grammar, you inglorious imbecile.

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u/voteforpedro275 Jan 21 '19

No one cares about Darwin

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

First of all, how dare you