In which this post is brought to you by late night viewings of The History Channel

Are you ready to have your mind blown a bit?

'Kay.

If we compressed the fourteen billion years of our universe's history into just fourteen years, the earth would have only existed for the past five years.

Dinosaurs would have become extinct three weeks ago.

And the entire recorded history of human beings would span only the last three minutes.



Doesn't that just make your butt clench with excitement? Our lifespans aren't even a blip on the radar.