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Did you mean closer than we are to the construction of the pyramids? Because obviously the pyramids are closer in time, because they were before us, and the dinosaurs were before them.
Personally I laughed out loud because I expected it to be one of those "mind blowing" facts like "Cleopatra was born closer to the release of the iPhone than to the construction of the pyramids," but OP turned it into a shitpost by making a really obvious statement instead. It subverted my expectations. Barvo, OP, brvao
There's always this one:
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Just to clarify - was your example real?
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Yep! The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed about 2400 years before Cleopatra was born, whereas the first iPhone was released about 2074 years after Cleopatra was born.
The Cleopatra one? Yes, I'm pretty sure that's real