By comparing some historical milestones side by side, we can understand how time has progressed differently in different parts of the world. Online portal Bright Side has put together some images that reveal unexpected connections and may change our perception of time.
Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe may have been the same age
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, and Marilyn Monroe, one of the most iconic actresses of the 1950s, were both born in 1926. They were born just a month apart. They met at the London premiere of The Battle of the River Plate in 1956, when they were both 30. The Queen had been on the throne for just four years, and Monroe was at the peak of her career.
Woolly mammoths were still alive when the pyramids were being built.
We usually think of woolly mammoths as extinct creatures along with the dinosaurs. But woolly mammoths were still roaming the earth when the ancient Egyptians were building the Pyramids of Giza. The pyramids were built about 4,500 years ago. A 2019 study found that the last woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean went extinct about 4,000 years ago.
Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born in the same year.
Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. are two iconic figures who were victims of torture and oppression, but who inspired others through their words. Anne Frank's diary and Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech represent two different periods - the Holocaust in Germany and the Civil Rights Movement in America.
But both of these historical figures were born in 1929, a time of economic uncertainty and the Great Depression. King was born on January 15 in Atlanta, and Frank on June 12 in Frankfurt.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
About 500 miles west of the Maya civilization of Central America, the Aztecs emerged as a new civilization. They were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished during the Postclassic period, from about 1300 to 1521 AD. The Aztec people were a diverse ethnic group of people from central Mexico. The capital of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, was founded in 1325, in what is now Mexico City. But even earlier, in 1096, Oxford University began teaching. By the 13th century, university dormitories and the first colleges had been established.
Slavery was not banned in Mauritania before the iPod
Mauritania ratified the Forced Labor Convention in 1961. Mauritania was the last country in the world to officially abolish slavery in 1981. The practice was then abolished through a presidential decree. But it has not stopped since.
Slavery was prevalent. In 2007, six years after Apple released the first iPod in 2001, legal action was taken to punish slave owners. This means that slavery was prevalent even at the time of groundbreaking inventions like the iPod.
There is not much time gap between the invention of aviation and the landing on the moon.
The Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight on December 17, 1903. Within just six decades, humans were able to build rockets and spacecraft that took us far above the sky. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed on the moon. And Neil Armstrong took the first step on the moon as a 'giant step for mankind.' When you consider that, the gap between these two historical events is not very large.
Thomas Edison was alive when the Empire State Building opened.
One of the greatest inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison played a major role in modernizing human life. He contributed to inventions such as the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the movie camera. He also played a significant role in improving the telegraph and telephone.
Thomas Alva Edison died on October 18, 1931. But during his lifetime, the Empire State Building was lit on May 1, 1931. During the inauguration, US President Herbert Hoover symbolically turned on the lights from the White House.
Harvard University is older than Newton's law of gravity
Harvard University was founded as a college in Massachusetts in 1636 and its name was changed to Harvard in 1639. About 50 years after its founding, in 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his law of universal gravitation.
According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, "Every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers." This law turned the tide of science. Calculus was not even taught at Harvard at that time, because Newton had discovered calculus in the mid-to-late 1660s.
Betty White is older than slice bread.
Actress and comedian Betty White lived through a time when sliced bread was invented six years after she was born. Betty White was born on January 17, 1922, and pre-cut bread was first sold in Chillicothe on July 7, 1928. Betty White spent a nearly seven-decade career as a television pioneer. She was best known for her numerous television appearances, starring in sitcoms, sketch comedies, and game shows. In this comparison, she is older than sliced bread.
Tiffany & Co. is older than the Kingdom and Republic of Italy.
Tiffany & Co. opened its first store in New York City in 1837. At that time, Mazzini and Garibaldi Giuseppe led a small army into the Italian peninsula. The goal was to conquer the various city-states and unite them under one ruler. The Kingdom of Italy was established in 1861. At the end of World War II, the Italian monarchy was abolished and King Victor Emmanuel III formally abdicated. In June 1946, Italy officially became a republic.
Space Research Began Before Earthquakes Increase Understood
Humans began exploring space long ago, when scientists could not explain the movement of the Earth's crust. When the energy stored in the Earth's interior due to the compression of rocks is suddenly released, the Earth's surface trembles for a moment and some parts of the crust move, and this vibration is called an earthquake.
The idea of continental drift was first proposed in 1912. However, it was not accepted until Jason Morgan published the theory of plate tectonics in 1967. It was then that people began to understand earthquakes. Before that, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957. Interestingly, people did this before they understood earthquakes!
Machu Picchu and the Sistine Chapel were built around the same time.
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca city located 2,400 meters (7,875 feet) above sea level. It is located on a mountain peak above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. It is essentially a fortress built of single-stone blocks. The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, on the other hand, is decorated with Renaissance artwork. However, both of these structures were built within a 20-50 year gap. Machu Picchu was built between 1421 and 1476, while the restoration of the Sistine Chapel began between 1477 and 1480.
