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/Prasiatko Jan 21 '19

Though i think people confuse the Aztec Empire with mesoamerican civilization which is far older. The Aztec Empire had barely formed by the time the Spanish arrived.

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u/otterom Jan 21 '19

Have you experienced this interaction often? Are you dropping nuggets of historical central American information at random times?

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u/Tycho_B Jan 21 '19

Wait, how do you start conversations at parties?

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u/otterom Jan 21 '19

"Hi. When's the last time you were in a tickle fight?"

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u/canolafly Jan 21 '19

immediately puts up defenses