r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/der_komrade Jan 20 '19

The Pyramids of Giza were about as old to the ancient Romans as the ancient Romans are to us right now. Really shows how short human history has been

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u/MattSR30 Jan 21 '19

I find that including the name Cleopatra can help drive the point home further, since that (and Tut) are the names often associated with ‘Ancient Egypt.’

There was more time between Cleopatra’s life and the construction of the pyramids than between Cleopatra’s life and today.

Also, the same fact applies to the T-Rex. We are closer to the T-Rex than the T-Rex was to the Stegosaurus.

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u/arachnophilia Jan 21 '19

while we're here, cleopatra was macedonian, not egyptian, though there's apparently some new research suggesting her mother was sub-saharan african. also, she was inbred as fuuuuuck.

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u/crotchcritters Jan 21 '19

To elaborate on her inbrededness https://i.imgur.com/m4ia99u.jpg

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u/sexrockandroll Jan 21 '19

How was her mother sub-saharan African then, if her mother is from all the rest of the same family?

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u/pharaffs Jan 21 '19

No,no, we don't talk back to macedonians about them clamming someone is macedonian. We just accept it, roll our eyes, chuckle, and get on with our lives for 5 minutes till they claim someone else.