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I came across a simple but mind-bending idea today. Take the entire history of the universe — 13.8 billion years — and compress it linearly into a single calendar year. Every second of that year would equal around 438 real years. A single day would stretch across roughly 37.8 million years. The Big Bang happens at midnight on January 1st. The Milky Way forms somewhere in January. Earth shows up around early September. The dinosaurs go extinct somewhere around December 30th. ...

June 28, 2026 · Hoki Fung