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Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth by skrebbel on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:26AM (#50002061)
It’s more like US people look at a couple 100yo buildings and say stuff like “wow this place has a lot of history!”
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Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth by lifestyleguru on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:07AM (#50004372)
> It’s more like US people look at a couple 100yo buildings and say stuff like “wow this place has a lot of history!”

You are overgeneralizing. In much of Europe plenty of architecture was erected after 1945, and most of architecture around and after 1900.

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Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth by pablobaz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:28AM (#50004530)
Or the New River in London - an artificial waterway opened in 1613.
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Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth by loloquwowndueo on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:16AM (#50004432)
And then you have things like the “new bridge” in Paris which is 420 years old.
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Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth by 1-more on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:23PM (#50009819)
The most common surname in Czech Republic is Novák meaning "new guy" but it could be because a guy was the new guy in town in the 1600s.
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