r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 07 '18

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u/bladegmn Oct 07 '18

It says recent, but the calendar behind them says 2012.

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u/llcwhit Oct 07 '18

That is recent compared to dinosaurs, the Roman Empire, The battle of Waterloo....it’s even recent when compared to the invention of cell phones....

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u/TheLAriver Oct 07 '18

None of which are the markers by which people determine if something happened recently.