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[–] Huffkin@feddit.uk 227 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Oxford University is older than the Aztec empire.

Oxford University founded in 1326, Aztec empire ~1428-1521

[–] tristophe@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t mean to pick, but Oxford was founded in 1096 and Cambridge in 1209.

I worked for cambridge in 2009 and got a nice little 800 year badge

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 year ago

And some of the colleges of Oxford University are older than the university. Merton College was founded in 1264.

[–] Gnubeutel@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, you're saying that the Aztec empire was just 64 years old when Columbus discovered America and ships with conquistadors followed to butcher and enslave everyone?

[–] icesentry@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've heard similar things in the past and I'm always confused by it.

[–] Erk@cdda.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There were people there prior to the Aztec empire conquering them. The Aztec empire is just a specific government that ruled the area at that specific time.

The Napoleonic empire, for comparison, only lasted 1804-1815 (with a hole in the middle).

[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The 1st donut empire

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My local pub is older than the USA.

[–] NewBootsGoofin@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an American who lived in England for a couple years, that always just fascinated me. Some places just legit felt like I've stepped back in time.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Cleopatra lived closer in time to us than the construction on the great pyramids.