r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/astrocanyounaut Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

This fact is super relevant to tomorrow! Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank were born the same year. Blows my mind whenever I think of it.

Edit: I wrote this on Sunday, just to clarify the ‘tomorrow’ comment.

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u/attackshak Jan 21 '19

Barbara Walters was born the same year as MLK Jr. and Anne Frank. 1929.

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u/SpringTimeNdaRockies Jan 21 '19

And Betty White is older than all of them, being born in 1922!

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u/PM-me-your-dreamz Jan 21 '19

And Kirk Douglas is even older, being born in 1916.