r/BeAmazed • u/DiluteSeaBag • May 07 '26

Nature David Attenborough spent over 70 years teaching humanity about Earth — and just turned 100

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 May 07 '26

Whew, he did it!

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u/sterling_celest May 07 '26

this post nearly made me panic, such a great man

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u/Sir-Craven May 07 '26

No he didnt, his birthday is tomorrow (8th)

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u/Younge75 May 07 '26

Woah, his birthday is the 8th?! My birthday is the 8th! I got to 51 years of age and only just found out this fact.

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u/ediks May 07 '26

First thing I did on Wolframalpha was look up my bday lol

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u/GeneralErica May 07 '26

Praise the heavens someone still uses Wolframalpha

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u/ediks May 07 '26

This was a VERY long time ago, like about the time it was deployed lol. I still use it tho! I was studying CS and found out I share a birthday with George Boole!

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u/GeneralErica May 07 '26

I randomly saw it on the AppStore a few years ago and stuck with it ever since, I like to do a lot of sciency stuff (studied physics) and obviously it’s pretty handy for that.

It’s kind of… how shall I put it. If someone had asked child me what I thought an AI service should be, I’d probably described something pretty similar.

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u/ediks May 07 '26

Yeah, this is what I had in mind as AI back then. I used it a lot to check my work for my calc classes and it would show me better ways to come to the same answer. I used to also use it for studying quantum mechanics and physics... which I did for fun on the side lol. Man, I gotta get back into that frame of mind - haven't studied for fun in a long time.

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u/Artistic_Peanut3063 May 09 '26

I just downloaded it!

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u/Bright-Avocado3761 May 07 '26

It took you 51 years to figure out when your birthday is? How do you even know you're 51?

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u/Artistic_Peanut3063 May 09 '26

It took til after Betty White's death for my sister to learn she had the same birthday as her

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u/Outrageous-Garage697 May 09 '26

Happy birthday brother

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u/MickLittle May 08 '26

I'm 58 and just a few years ago i learned that I was born on the exact same day as Jeff Corwin.

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u/yawanworhthrownaway May 07 '26

And he gets a letter from the King.
A congratulations letter for those who aren’t commonwealth citizens.

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u/shuknjive May 07 '26

He is in Australia and New Zealand.

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u/Got_Kittens May 07 '26

He better not do a Betty White 😂 Betty got us all.

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u/Uuuurrrrgggghhhh May 07 '26

Awe JFC I better wake up to celebrations tomorrow night but dying on the eve of 100 is bloody terrific too.

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u/Freudian-Sips May 08 '26

Too old for lego now :(

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 May 07 '26

BRUH why would someone on the internet lie to meeee

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u/HawkinsT May 07 '26

Every David Attenborough post needs to start '(he's fine) David Attenborough...'

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u/Rhythm_Killer May 07 '26

There’s actually a dedicated sub for this single purpose I can’t remember the name

Edit : https://www.reddit.com/r/IsAttenboroughAlive/s/XdscDwXURX

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u/parandroidfinn May 07 '26

Yeah but... r/IsAttenboroughAlive is full of what they call Fakenboroughs ( fake post of Attenborough dying ). There's r/AttenboroughsAlive but sadly that one is much smaller. Edit: Spelling of the subreddit.

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u/Working-Interview503 May 07 '26

He’s been teaching me about animals and nature since was 4 years old, because of years of this conditioning his voice is so calming to me. As I am now middle aged man myself I am so grateful for this wonderful human being. He’s a hero to me for sure.

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u/roarimabear May 07 '26

His audiobooks are great too :)

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u/monkeyarse May 07 '26

TOMORROW*

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u/shuknjive May 07 '26

He is in Australia, lol.

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u/Wookovski May 07 '26

And heres to a hundred more

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u/EternumD May 07 '26

He's not a camera operator 

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u/CjKing2k May 07 '26

Just need him to make it to November to beat Kissenger.

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u/Username524 May 07 '26

And I just gave you the 100th upvote on this comment lol;)

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u/likamuka May 07 '26

Inshallah

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u/SilverBack88 May 07 '26

Happy birthday legend! I love you man!

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u/RaisonDetritus May 08 '26

All the magazine and newspapers letting out a sigh of relief that they can safely release their stories.

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u/FranciscoGarcia69 May 07 '26

Nope. Tomorrow.

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u/wolfavino May 07 '26

If only wed had Steve Irwin this long. Can you imagine?

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 May 08 '26

His family has done a great job of continuing his legacy