On this day in 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a unified Italy, Machiavelli became one of the fathers of modern political theory.
1 decade = 10 years 10 decades = 100 years Today is 2010. 10 decades ago, it was 1910 .
10 years ago: $50,000 Now: about $80,000
10-15mpg 50 years ago. However, 25 years ago, cars got 30+mpg quite easily....
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A 'light year' is not a time. It's a distance. Specifically, the distance that light travels in one year. So when you photograph a star that's located 10 light-years away from us, you photograph the light that left the star 10 years ago. Your photograph records the color, temperature, motion, and position of the star as of 10 years ago. If that star were to explode today, you could not know it until 10 years from today.
Put one dollar worth of gas in your car
Pay a bill with a check through the mail.
No. It ended in May 1945, nearly 65 years ago.
06-10-2010 : 2762 years ago.
In 2017, it is 2026 years ago.
In 10 years, Harriet will be 3 times as old as she was 10 years ago. How old is she now?