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Young Earth Creationists believe that the Earth is only 6000 years old. This is completely at odds with modern science which estimates the figure at 4.54 billion years.[1] This article contains statements which are wrong by the same margin.

[edit] Statements

The oldest person who ever lived[2] died at the age of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 7 seconds.
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun[3] is 197.7km (122.85 miles).
The speed of light in a vacuum[4] is 1426km/h (886mph or 396.2m/s).
The population of the Earth[5] as of 2011 is 9216.(No wonder some people insist on existence of voter fraud!)
The population estimate of the Earth[6] as of 2000 BC is 35.(surprisingly accurate!)
The time elapsed since Jesus was born is about 23 hours.(If you take Second Peter into account, it's suprisingly accurate!)
The GDP of the United States in 2011[7] was $19,812,290.
All of Shakespeare's works[8] consists of a grand total of 1.16 words.
The tallest man who ever lived[9] grew to 3.59 micrometres.


[edit] Footnotes

  1. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
  2. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1/oldest-person-%28female%29.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1/oldest-person-(female)
  3. http://www.space.com/17081-how-far-is-earth-from-the-sun.html
  4. http://www.space.com/15830-light-speed.html
  5. https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=population%20of%20earth#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_pop_totl&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&ifdim=region&tdim=true&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population_estimates
  7. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?order=wbapi_data_value_2011+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc
  8. http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/stats/
  9. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-3000/tallest-man-ever/
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