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The list is interesting entertainment but I am skeptical about how they determine oldest other than what a wikipedia page says in some cases. It's not like we
by gist 9y ago
The list is interesting entertainment but I am skeptical about how they determine oldest other than what a wikipedia page says in some cases.
It's not like we are talking about dates which have been certified by experts at auction houses for personal property.
- zerokernel 9y agoI'll just throw in here that faking contracts and certificates has been a huge business in the last ~1200 years or so in Europe. Many cities who claimed to have been founded a thousand years ago (or whatever) had to cede those claims since the historical papers were faked (usually hundreds of years ago).