Blaze to [Moved to Piefed] Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is the latest historical fact you learned?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the latest historical fact you learned?Blaze to [Moved to Piefed] Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squaretiny_hedgehog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoTo a Tyrannosaurus (~66 million years ago), the Stegosaurus (~155 million years ago) is as ancient as the Tyrannosaurus is to us. It is interesting because most people think of “the age of the dinosaurs” as one big piece of time where they were all together. There is a nice VSauce video on the illusions of time: https://youtu.be/zHL9GP_B30E
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA bit more recent, but similar: To the Roman empire, the Egyptian pyramids are as ancient as the Roman empire is to us. Also, at the time the pyramids were built, the wooly mammoth had not quite gone extinct.
To a Tyrannosaurus (~66 million years ago), the Stegosaurus (~155 million years ago) is as ancient as the Tyrannosaurus is to us.
It is interesting because most people think of “the age of the dinosaurs” as one big piece of time where they were all together.
There is a nice VSauce video on the illusions of time: https://youtu.be/zHL9GP_B30E
A bit more recent, but similar: To the Roman empire, the Egyptian pyramids are as ancient as the Roman empire is to us. Also, at the time the pyramids were built, the wooly mammoth had not quite gone extinct.
Very interesting, thanks!