When we try to put historical events into perspective, we often simplistically divide things into 'old days' and 'modern times,' because our brains can often struggle with the perception of time, and since most of us don't live to be centenarians, we cannot know what it really means 'a hundred years ago.'

But what happens when some of the history facts that you would consider to belong to the contemporary world are much older than we think or vice versa?

The amazing fact is that it jolts us out of our easy categorization and forces us to reassess our comfortable time perception. That can only be a good thing about these cool facts, right? We here at Bored Panda have compiled a series of interesting facts on historical events that surprisingly took place at more or less the same time, turning them into real and pretty fascinating coincidence, and will make you think twice about how you look at the past. Scroll down below to check these random facts out for yourself, and prepare to have your mind blown!