Historical facts that will destroy your perception of time

We share historical facts whose timing will surprise you and make you doubt reality.

Presence of sharks

Sharks existed on Earth long before trees. Fish have lived on the planet for at least 400 million years, and the oldest plants that we can classify as trees appeared 350 million years ago.

Ottoman Empire and Disney

The Ottoman Empire was still around when Disney started producing cartoons. Walt Disney signed a contract with MJ Winkler to produce the Alice series of comedy films. In 1922, Walt founded his first company, Laugh-O-Gram Studio. In the same year, the Ottoman Empire officially ceased to exist with the abolition of the title of Ottoman Sultan. Türkiye was declared a republic on October 29, 1923.

Sharks and Henry VIII

Some living Greenland sharks, VIII. It may have existed when Henry was crowned King of England in 1491. The lifespan of these sharks ranges from 250 to 500 years.

Guillotine execution and Star Wars

When Star Wars was released in 1977, guillotine executions were still taking place around the world. The last victim to be executed by guillotine was Hamida Djandoubi, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death on September 10, 1977.

Cleopatra, iPhone and Cheops Pyramid

Cleopatra was closer to owning an iPhone than witnessing the construction of the Pyramid of Cheops. The Queen lived from January 69 BC. to. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built by August 30 BC. It was built around 2600. For example, the iPhone came out in 2007. So, from the birth of Cleopatra to the first “apple” there are 2076 years, and until the construction of one of the wonders of the world begins – 2531 years.

Tortoise and Charles Darwin

Harriet, the elephant tortoise who was born around 1830 and died in 2006, was seen by Charles Darwin, who lived between 1809 and 1882.

The oldest tree and the mammoth

The oldest tree in the world was already 1000 years old when the last woolly mammoth died. This is a Methuselah bristlecone pine native to the White Mountains of California and is 5,067 years old. Isolated woolly mammoth populations on Wrangel Island only became extinct 4,000 years ago.

The last Samurai

The last war in which samurai participated took place in 1877. The Battle of Shiroyama was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion between samurai and the Imperial Japanese Army.

Auschwitz and McDonald’s

Prisoners arrived at Auschwitz just days after the world’s first McDonald’s opened in 1940.

The Colosseum and the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts of the Apostles

The Colosseum in Rome was built in 80 AD. for example, around the time the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts were written.

Moon landing and first flight

The moon landing took place just 66 years after the first human flight. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first historic flight of their Kitty Hawk plane. On July 21, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the surface of the Moon.

Nintendo and Jack the Ripper

Nintendo was founded while Jack the Ripper was still at large. The Japanese gaming company first produced playing cards under the name Hanafuda and was founded in 1889, when Jack the Ripper was wreaking havoc on the streets of London. The Ripper’s true identity has never been determined. The murder of an unidentified woman known as the “Pinchin Street Trunk” occurred just weeks before Nintendo’s appearance, as she was all that was left of him.

Steam locomotives and bicycles

The bicycle was invented almost 200 years ago. Baron Karl Dröze from southern Germany created a “running machine” in 1817. Steam locomotives were invented just 14 years ago, and the credit for this goes to Richard Trevithick from Wales, who built the first locomotive in 1803.

Italy and Coca-Cola

Italy officially became a country 25 years before the creation of Coca-Cola. The various states of the Italian Peninsula were united into a single country on March 17, 1861. On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brought his improved syrup to Jacobs Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, where the first Coca-Cola glass was bottled.

Oxford University and the Aztec Empire

Oxford University existed hundreds of years before the founding of the Aztec Empire. The Aztec Empire arose as a union of three states of Nahua-Altepetl. These three city-states governed the region in the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the combined forces of Spanish conquistadors and their local allies under Hernán Cortés defeated them in 1521. Meanwhile, in England, Oxford University was already well established. Its founding date is unknown, but there is evidence of its existence as early as 1096.