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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 40 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

We live closer to the time of T-Rex than T-Rex lived to the time of Stegosaurus.

67 million years separate us from T-Rex.
83 million years separate T-Rex from Stegosaurus. (150 million years between us and Stegosaurus)

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

on a similar note: When cleopatra lived, the pyramids were already ancient

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There were still mammoth when the pyramids were being built.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

This makes me wonder if there is any possibility that someone who worked on the pyramids knew what roast mammoth tasted like. I suspect the possibility is 0 due to geography, but maybe someone got sick of being cold and happened to be an architect?

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

There are people around right now who know how roast mammoth tastes.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 16 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Cleopatra lived closer to t-rex than us

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

Only if we assume they can't be ressurected

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 9 hours ago

Technically correct, just as yesterday was closer to the formation of the moon than today is.

[–] user1919@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

how? cleopatra was born in 69 BC, last trex died around 65 million years ago

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

What i meant is that cleopatra was closer in time to t-rex than we are to t-rex

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

You were born after cleopatra died 🫠🤑👻

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