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Which came first, Facebook or the Great Pyramid of Giza?

Which came first, Facebook or the Great Pyramid of Giza?
the Great Pyramid of Giza
2,560 BCE — 4,564 years before Facebook

the Great Pyramid of Giza came first, by 4,564 years. Khufu's pyramid was completed at Giza.

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Facebook the Great Pyramid of Giza
Year 2004 2,560 BCE
Date 2004-02-04 —
Category technology landmark
What happened TheFacebook launched for Harvard students only. Khufu's pyramid was completed at Giza.

Facebook

Facebook launched on 4 February 2004 restricted to Harvard email addresses, opened to other universities through 2004 and 2005, and to anyone over 13 with an email address in September 2006. It is six years younger than Google and a year older than YouTube. Its predecessor Facemash, which compared students' photographs, was shut down by the university within days in 2003.

the Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid was finished around 2560 BC and remained the tallest structure on Earth for about 3,800 years, until Lincoln Cathedral's spire in 1311. The comparison worth holding on to is Cleopatra: she was born in 69 BC, roughly 2,500 years after the pyramid was built, and lived roughly 2,000 years before us. The pyramid was more ancient to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to anyone reading this.

Common questions

Which came first, Facebook or the Great Pyramid of Giza?
the Great Pyramid of Giza, by 4,564 years — 2,560 BCE against 2004.
When did Facebook start?
2004. TheFacebook launched for Harvard students only.
When did the Great Pyramid of Giza start?
2,560 BCE. Khufu's pyramid was completed at Giza.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)
  2. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Smithsonian Institution

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