Did you know? Lifespan of human being (80 y) is about as big as Time since introduction of the first mass-produced helicopter (Sikorsky R-4) (80 y)
Time since the end of the Permian geologic period (252 million y)
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If this was a standard unit ...
Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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