✦ Time paradoxes · Closer than it seems
Battle of Hastings: 1066; William Shakespeare: 1564–1616; Moon landing: 1969 — 498 years between the first two, 405 years between the last two (counting from birth).
Shakespeare lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the Battle of Hastings.
Who and what
- Battle of Hastings1066 · Hastings. The Normans remake England's elite and its language
- William Shakespeare1564–1616 · English playwright and poet
- Moon landing1969 · Cape Canaveral. Humans set foot on another world for the first time
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