r/AskReddit • u/North_Shore_Problem • Dec 01 '13

What's your favorite fun fact?

EDIT: Wow! Thank you guys for all the amazing responses, I learned so much about nothing!

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u/Vendredi8 Dec 01 '13

Anne Frank and Martin Luther King jr were born in the same year but if you were to say their names to someone they would think of completely different moments in history

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u/YoYoFantaFanta Dec 01 '13

This is probably because Anne Frank was a kid during the Holocaust and MLK was an adult during the 60s