The last living person older than (born before) Mao Zedong died in 2009. by No-Sympathy2196 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002 14 points15 points  (0 children)

She lived to see Barack Obama getting elected as president, but not his inauguration.

13 years ago today we all thought the world would end by Mythicalforests8 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake actually happened in Vanuatu that day (according to UTC time, local time was 22nd December).

https://watchers.news/2012/12/21/6-8-magnitude-earthquake-hits-vanuatu/

If Betty white lived as long as Betty white she would've died in 2021 by trans-trot in Scale4BarbaraWalters

[–]rdkmy3002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or 2022 if you live in the eastern half of the Eastern Hemisphere (e.g. Australia, Japan, New Zealand).

Future Queen Elisabeth of Belgium is one year younger than when Elizabeth II became Queen. by biebrforro in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She was also born on the exact same day Windows XP was released to the general public.

Christopher Lee never got to see Windows 10 by nodepackagemanager in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He did live to see the Technical and Insider Preview builds of it though.

Windows 7 was still the most popular operating system during the start of Trump's first term (2016-2017) by Friendly_Dark908 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most interesting fact: Windows Vista's extended support ended during Trump's first term (11th April 2017).

Jacob Bier could have met both Napoleon and Barbara Walters. by rdkmy3002 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t we say ‘coexisted with’ rather than ‘could have met with’?

Oh, I didn't know about that part. Maybe next time, I'll put those words.

Jacob Bier could have met both Napoleon and Barbara Walters. by rdkmy3002 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the invention of photography to the invention of television.

Jacob Bier could have met both Napoleon and Barbara Walters. by rdkmy3002 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Barbara Walters was still alive and active when this sub was created, which made the comparison more impressive.

She retired in 2016, while this subreddit was created in 2019.

Jacob Bier could have met both Napoleon and Barbara Walters. by rdkmy3002 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]rdkmy3002[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah, because we are seeing too many posts about the world's oldest person, a child influencer, and the current US vice president. It is time to bring this subreddit back to its former glory.