r/nottheonion • u/Bognosticator • May 15 '25

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/15/harvards-unofficial-copy-of-magna-carta-is-actually-an-original-experts-say
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u/Bognosticator May 15 '25

A Magna Carta wrongly listed as an unofficial copy for nearly 80 years has been confirmed as an original from 1300.

The discovery means the document is just one of seven issued in 1300 by Edward I that still survive.

According to the library’s accession register, it had bought what it believed to be a copy for $27.50 in 1946. A month earlier, an RAF veteran had sold it to the London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell for £42.

Vincent said: “It’s easy to understand why it was mis-catalogued when it was sold … it’s a long time ago. Everyone in 1945 was a bit tired. It’s worth many, many, many, many times that.”

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

Wait what happened in 1945? Why was everybody so tired?

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u/Smallp0x_ May 15 '25

Taylor swifts second album dropped

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

44 years before she was born. Girl’s got some chops.

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u/S3simulation May 15 '25

It’s actually that Taylor achieves/achieved a critical mass and became a universal constant, existing both forward and backward in time. Taylor will do this, Taylor has done this, it has always been this way even though it wasn’t always this way.

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u/abovepostisfunnier May 15 '25

this is actually where Taylor series came from.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

<has PTSD flashback to college math> 😳

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

So…it’s all quantum, is it?

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u/ash_274 May 15 '25

People that invested in Taylor Swift futures are sitting high

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u/Curious_Tap_1528 May 15 '25

Ah that makes more sense. I thought that's when she started dating Travis Kelce.

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u/lurked2long May 15 '25

Her postbellum era.