earth's history in 1 year:
364 days ago, simple cells appear.
5 months ago, complex cells emerge.
2 1/2 months ago, oceans filled with multicellular life forms.
2 months ago, freshwater fish appeared along with plants on land.
31 days ago, amphibians went onto dry land.
19 days ago, a mass extinction wiped out 95% of all species.
18 days ago, dinosaurs evolved.
5 days ago, dinosaurs disappeared due to another great extinction.
4 days ago, modern mammals emerged.
6 hours ago, the first hominids evolve in East Africa.
10 minutes go, neanderthals spread throughout Europe.
1 minute ago, agriculture is invented.
the roman empire filled 5 seconds and collapsed 10 seconds ago.
2 seconds ago, the modern industrial era occurred.
by the time we shout 'happy new year!', 200 years has already gone by.
now go back to regular time:
when you are born,
you will share your birthday with 17 million people.
during your 10 years in school,
you will have an average of 17 friends.
by the time you're 40, that number will have dropped to 2.
you will grow 950 km of hair,
you laugh an average of 18 times a day,
you will walk the equivalent of 3 times the circumference of the earth,
you will eat 30 tons of food,
you will drink over 9,000 cups of coffee,
in average you will spend 10 years of your
life in work, 20 years sleeping, 3 years on the toilet, 7 months
waiting in traffic, 12 years watching TV, and 19 days looking for
the remote.
this leaves one fifth of your life to actually live. so what are you waiting for?