Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic

Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (95 y)

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Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (95 y)

  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Aristotle (2,400 y)...more
  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Euclid (2,382 y)...more
  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Alexander the Great (2,377 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since the peak of Roman Empire (1,900 y)...more
  • is 1/5 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system (479 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Newton (379 y)...more
  • is 1/2 of Lifespan of Galapagos giant tortoise (190 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Time since first Apple Macintosh Computer launched (38 y)...more
  • is 50 x Period of Mars's orbit (1.88 y)...more

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