Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri

Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri (759 y)

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If Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri (759 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since first humans in Europe (30,000 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since extinction of Neanderthals (30,000 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Age of earliest sewing needle (30,000 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since the earliest bread baking (30,000 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since first humans in Americas (15,000 y)...more would be 20 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since the peak of Roman Empire (1,900 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since the birth of Marco Polo (770 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since the birth of Newton (381 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Lifespan of Galapagos giant tortoise (190 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since the invention of the transistor (76 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Period of Halley's Comet's orbit (75.3 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Lifespan of horse (30 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Time since first iPhone launched (15 y)...more would be 1/50 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Lifespan of a cat (15 y)...more would be 1/50 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri
  • Period of Mars's orbit (1.88 y)...more would be 1/400 of Time since the birth of Dante Alighieri

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