✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
First aeroplane: 1903; Leo Tolstoy: 1828–1910 — that is 7 years later.
When the Wright brothers made the first aeroplane flight, Leo Tolstoy was still alive.
Who and what
- Wright brothers' first flight1903 · Kitty Hawk. Twelve seconds aloft launch the age of aviation
- Leo Tolstoy1828–1910 · novelist
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