26 Facts That Will Shatter Your Perception Of Time
Luke Skywalker is now older than Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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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.
Take for example ...
![CRACKED COM Trilobites lived on Earth for about 270 million years. That's longer than the time spent between the very first dinosaur and the present.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/2/539182.jpg?v=1)
![THE LAST CIVIL WAR WIDOW DIED IN 2008 Maudie Hopkins wasn't alive during the Civil War, but her (much older) husband fought for the Confederacy. She n](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/0/539160.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDOON People who fought in the American Civil War... ... were still alive by the time of World War II.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/6/539156.jpg?v=1)
![Ralph Macchio, who played The Karate Kid's Daniel LaRusso, is older now... Than Pat Morita was when he played Daniel's wise sensei, Mr. Miyagi. CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/2/539142.jpg?v=1)
![Will Smith is now older than James Avery (Uncle Phil) was at the beginning of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/8/539178.jpg?v=1)
![26 Facts That Will Shatter Your Perception Of Time](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/6/539836.gif?v=1)
![CRACKED COM THE MATRIX IS AS OLD TODAY... AS TRON WAS WHEN THE MATRIX WAS RELEASED.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/2/539112.jpg?v=1)
![Ever wonder why flies have such great reaction timES? It's because they see in slow motion. The perceived speed of time is determined by species. Gene](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/0/539170.jpg?v=1)
![26 Facts That Will Shatter Your Perception Of Time](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/4/539834.gif?v=1)
![WHAT IF W-E TOLD yOu THERE ARE ADULTS out THERE WITH CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN WHO HADN'T BEEN BORN WHEN THESE EPISODES FIRST AIRED? DW YEP, THES-E ALL CA](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/2/2/539122.jpg?v=1)
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![JAN FEB MAR APR As the universe is estimated to be 13 BILLION over years old, if this time period is represented by a cosmic calendar, with the Big Ba](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/8/539158.jpg?v=1)
![During her time as the longest- reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth ll has witnessed the United States change Presidents 11 times. Wi](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/4/539154.jpg?v=1)
![AE When Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press with moveable type to Europe, the Roman Empire was still around. (and would continue to be fo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/2/539102.jpg?v=1)
![Contemporary artist RACHEL SUSSMAN has developed a project called 'THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS IN THE WORLD' where she photographs continuously living or](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/8/539148.jpg?v=1)
![WHY DOES TIME SEEM TO GO BY FASTER THE OLDER WE GET? SEVERAL HYPOTHESES HAVE BEEN ADVANCED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR VIEWS IS THE O](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/4/539144.jpg?v=1)
![Seconds Are Actually Slowing Down! Ever felt like mere seconds were taking forever? Well, time is actually slowing down. This is because the Earth's r](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/6/539136.jpg?v=1)
![AlL the Brady kids are now older than Ann B. Davis was when she played their housekeeper.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/0/539130.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDCON MARK HAMILL was older when he reprised his iconic role of LUKE SKYWALKER for 2015's STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS ALEC than GUINNESS was in h](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/6/539106.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDcO COM UBS The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series (1908) the Ottoman Empire still existed. ay](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/4/539134.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDCO The oldest tree alive in the world started to root in Sweden 9550 years ago when humankind was starting to figure out how seeds work...](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/2/8/539128.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED CON When Cleopatra was born... the pyramids were already older than Cleopatra's reign is to us.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/2/539132.jpg?v=1)
![OXFORD UNIVERSITY IS OLDER THAN THE AZTEC EMPIRE e The construction of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco in 1325 marks the beginning of the Aztec civilizat](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/2/0/539120.jpg?v=1)
![Happy CRACKED DAYS debuted in 1974, and celebrated life in the Fifties... ONLY TWO DECADES EARLIER THAN IT AIRED. A similar show today would be set du](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/0/539110.jpg?v=1)
![World War II 1939-1945 SEND IN THE BATMAN 1939 - CRACKED CON](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/8/539108.jpg?v=1)
![What do these things have in common? Nintendo They ALL Began In 1889 STREET WALL JOURNAL CRAGKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/0/539150.jpg?v=1)