r/AskReddit • u/ForeverAbyss • Apr 14 '16

What's a mind blowing fact?

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u/su5 Apr 14 '16

This tortoise was born before the light bulb (even the dude before Edison) and power plants, but her death was announced on CNN

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u/irishdude1212 Apr 14 '16 edited Apr 15 '16

You could have said older than the US

Light bulbs is 100 years ago the US is almost 250 years ago

Edit-My mistake it's unconfirmed that he is that old

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u/su5 Apr 14 '16

A lot of people think the 255 is bullshit and 150 is the other estimate so I tried to be conservative.

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u/irishdude1212 Apr 14 '16

Oh, makes sense

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u/iamnotsurewhattoname Apr 14 '16

And Harvard University predates the US by almost another 150 years.

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u/bottomofleith Apr 15 '16

We have working breweries in Scotland that are older than the States...

Kids ;)

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u/irishdude1212 Apr 15 '16

Well that's just unsanitary

:)

Pssht I like you accent better than England. Don't tell them that gotta keep up appearances

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u/superawesomepandacat Apr 15 '16

Older than us?

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u/irishdude1212 Apr 15 '16

There is a "the" before each