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She can't have been that far away, didn't she live in Egypt? I'm fairly sure the moon is always further away


I'm pretty sure the poster above you is referring to the differences between the number of letters in the following words: "CLEOPATRA" is closer to "MOON LANDING" than "THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS".

Actually its the distance in time.


I think the question was sarcastic


As was his answer.


As was this explanation


What if you compare the coordinates in the galactic frame at their respective times?


I will read this comment as being intentionally, and gloriously, deadpan comedy.


Lived from 69 to 30 BC according to Wikipedia… definitely closer to th moon landing .. by almost a thousand years..




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