Time since first Boeing 747 entering service

Time since first Boeing 747 entering service (54 y)

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Time since first Boeing 747 entering service (54 y)

  • is 1/2000 of Time since the start of the last glacial period (Ice Age) (110,000 y)...more
  • is 1/500 of Time since first domestication of dogs (27,000 y)...more
  • is 1/100 of Time since first domestication of horses (5,500 y)...more
  • is 1/100 of Time since the start of the Bronze Age (5,300 y)...more
  • is 1/40 of Time since the birth of Julius Caesar (2,120 y)...more
  • is 1/10 of Time since the birth of Copernicus (550 y)...more
  • is 1/10 of Time since the Caxton's first edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (548 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Darwin (215 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Dickens (212 y)...more
  • is 1/2 of Time since the first fixed wing scheduled air service (110 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since the first human walked on the moon (55 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since first email sent (53 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since the launch of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004 (53 y)...more

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