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lemonadebunny ( lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

lemonadebunny ( lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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    Oxford University is older than the Aztec empire.

    Oxford University founded in 1326, Aztec empire ~1428-1521

    • Gnubeutel ( Gnubeutel@feddit.de ) 
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      Wait, you’re saying that the Aztec empire was just 64 years old when Columbus discovered America and ships with conquistadors followed to butcher and enslave everyone?

      • icesentry ( icesentry@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Yeah, I’ve heard similar things in the past and I’m always confused by it.

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          There were people there prior to the Aztec empire conquering them. The Aztec empire is just a specific government that ruled the area at that specific time.

          The Napoleonic empire, for comparison, only lasted 1804-1815 (with a hole in the middle).

    • floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca ) 
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      And some of the colleges of Oxford University are older than the university. Merton College was founded in 1264.

    • BastingChemina ( BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ) 
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      Cleopatra lived closer in time to us than the construction on the great pyramids.

    • sunbeam60 ( sunbeam60@lemmy.one ) 
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      My local pub is older than the USA.

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