25 Then/Now Demonstrations Of Time's Power

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Time is a funny thing. For as much as we rely on it for, well, everything -- we still have a hard time grasping the concept of it. And we aren't just talking about losing track of an hour or two because you're working hard or having a good time. No, we're talking about literally losing track of decades or longer because our brains apparently can't quite grasp the magnitude of timespans.

It helps to have some useful comparison points, such as:

25 Entry by stahn_lee

64 years old in 2015 63 years old in 1977 MARK HAMILL IS OLDER IN THE NEW STAR WARS TRILOGY THAN ALEC GUINNESS WAS IN THE FIRST MOVIE.

24 Entry by Nirgal

WE'RE WAY CLOSER TO THE BIG BANG THAN TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE. The universe is 13.8 billion years old- -and that's positively microscopic compared

23 Entry by ecopper12

1970s:1980s Video games NINTENDO IS AS OLD AS THE EIFFEL TOWER. 1889 Playing cards

22 Entry by agentjaws

THE B-52 HAS BEEN FLYING FOR OVER HALF THE TIME WE'VE counting HAD AIRPLANES. and years 68 1952 vears 49

21 Entry by Hestutomo Restu Kuncoro

Fall of Constantinople (Eastern Roman Empire) 1453 THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS STILL AROUND WHEN THE PRINTING PRESS WAS INVENTED. Printing press 1440s

20 Entry by Andres Diplotti

1999 THE MATRIX IS OLDER THAN TRON WAS WHEN yed 17 THE MATRIX CAME OUT. 1982

19 Entry by milito

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IS OLDER THAN THE AZTEC EMPIRE. 15th century 0:0:0:0:0:0t 00 TIR 9th century CRACKED COM

18 Entry by Nicolae Horga

CRACKEDG We 1791 BERETTA HAD BEEN MAKING GUNS FOR dlnitite years TWO AND A HALF 265 CENTURIES WHEN i 1526 THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED.

17 Entry by Sulaco

CRACKEDcO Cue aciot M*A*S*H (1972-1983) th LR M*A*S*H LASTED OVER THREE TIMES LONGER THAN THE WAR IT WAS SET DURING. Korean War (1950-1953)

16 Entry by Zapp Rowsdower

CLEOPATRA LIVED CLOSER TO THE 1969 CE MOON LANDING years 2.000 69-30 BCE years 2.500 2500 BCE THAN TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PYRAMIDS. CRACKEDCOMT

15 Entry by Fatboy73

CRACKEDCO 2020 Around 5.000 THE SATELLITE satellites POPULATION HAS GROWN A BIT IN 60- SOMETHING YEARS. 1957 Sputnik 1

14 Entry by stahn_lee

CRACKED CON December November October IF YOU COULD FIT September THE UNIVERSE'S August ENTIRE HISTORY IN July A SINGLE YEAR, bil June HUMANITY 13.8 Ma

13 Entry by Hestutomo Restu Kuncoro

CRACKED CO Trump Obama Bush Clinton Bush Reagan Carter QUEEN ELIZABETH Ford I HAS SEEN 12 U.S. Nixon PRESIDENTS Johnson DURING HER TIME Kennedy Eisenh

12 Entry by Andres Diplotti

1950s- Last veterans die, aged over 100 World War II 1939-1945 PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVL WAR WERE STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR Il. Civil W

11 Entry by BRWombat

CRACKEDCOMT 2020 1974 HAPPY DAYS WOULD BE SET AROUND THE YEAR 2000 TODAY. Happy Days celebrated the '50s in the '70s - SO a similar show made in 2020

10 Entry by Mad Mann

CRACKEDcO CHUCK NORRIS IS OLDER THAN 1947 THE MODERN 1940 STATE OF ISRAEL.

9 Entry by Douglas A. McDonnell

CRACKED CO THE SUN IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD. 20 galactic years, that is. In 4.6 billion years, the Sun Sun has only gone 20 times around 20 years the Mil

8 Entry by skreeran

JAMAICA 0 Rio2o16 BOLT vears SINCE EARLY HUMANS FIRST APPEARED ON 400,000 EARTH, USAIN BOLT COULD HAVE SPRINTED TO PLUTO AND BACK 14 TIMES.

7 Entry by Edvamp

CRACKEDGON 25 PLANCK TIME IS THE SHORTEST UNIT OF TIME L POSSIBLE. There are more unit's of Planck time in one second than seconds have passed since t

6 Entry by markfordham

THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS IS WAY CLOSER TO COMPUTERS 20th century BC 15th century BC THAN TO THE INVENTION OF PAPER. 2nd century BCE CRACKED COM

5 Entry by Comunacho

Today 230- 65 million years ago TRILOBITES WERE AROUND A LOT LONGER THAN DINOSAURS. 521-252 million years ago In fact, they were alive for longer than

4 Entry by Zanandi Botes

BATMAN BEGAN IN THE SAME YEAR AS WORLD WAR l. 1939

3 Entry by markfordham

20th century years 400 16th century HANDGUNS WERE INVENTED CLOSER TO THE ATOM BOMB THAN TO yed GUNPOWDER. 700 9th century CRACKED COM

2 Entry by Nirgal

CRACKEDCO GUIDINGLIGHT 262 radio and TV episodes YOU'D NEED 16 MONTHS TO WATCH EVERY EPISODE OF CBS'S GUIDING LIGHT, THE LONGEST-RUNNING SERIES EVER.

1 Entry by Scott Laffey

CRACKED COM 59 years old in 2020 RALPH MACCHIO IS OLDER THAN PAT 52 MORITA WAS IN years old in 1984 THE KARATE KID.

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