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[โ€“] SpooneyOdin@lemmy.ml 113 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Cleopatra was born closer to the invention of cellphones than the building of the pyramids

[โ€“] aequitas@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We live closer in time to the T-Rex than the T-Rex to the stegosaurus. Which makes the land before time a fictional story not based on true events.

Also the T in T-shirt stands for tyrannosaurus because it has short arms, just like the T-Rex.

[โ€“] booklovero@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Where did you get that the T stands for Tyrannosaurus? ๐Ÿ˜‚

It looks like a T, that's why it's called T shirt, imo, no source either.

[โ€“] rmuk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modern birds are dinosaurs as far as I'm concerned.

[โ€“] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well that's just plain science.

All Aves are Dinosauria.

[โ€“] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I always love this one, just it sounds so crazy

[โ€“] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

It is not even all that close either, something like 500 years.

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I've always thought this was amazing