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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Danny Trejo and Anne Frank were alive at the same time.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fuck off no way

Edit: 81 YEARS OLD!?!?

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Black and white pictures really fuck with time.

Chuds shouting with a straight face like "America was better in the 1950s" to a old black woman who had constant death threats and couldn't even own a bank account.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Another one I found:

Dick Van Dyke (still very much alive!) was alive at the same time as Annie Oakley, Harry Houdini, and Claude Monet.