Time Is Strange @TimeIsStrange
Putting history in perspective, one day at a time. The timelines are stranger than you think. Joined October 2026-
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159 years ago today, Russia handed Alaska to the US - two years after the Civil War ended, two years before the transcontinental railroad.
There is a tree in California that was already about 270 years old when workers started building the Great Pyramid of Giza. It never died. Methuselah started growing around 2833 BC, almost 4,900 years ago.
Disney was founded 103 years ago today on October 16, 1923. The studio is older than sound in movies and television broadcasts. It was started just 20 years after the Wright brothers' first flight.
The London Underground opened in January 1863, in the middle of the American Civil War. Muskets were still being used while Londoners were commuting by subway.
On this day 100 years ago, Winnie-the-Pooh was published. A stuffed bear in the Hundred Acre Wood is as old as Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe; all three arrived in 1926.
Pablo Picasso lived into the cellphone era by 5 days. Picasso died on April 8, 1973. The first handheld cell phone was made on April 3, 1973.
Joe Biden and Nikola Tesla were alive at the same time - for 48 days. Biden was born Nov 20, 1942. Tesla died Jan 7, 1943.
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