User:CQ/2001

Fact: Up until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that all of the stars in the Universe were contained inside of the Milky Way. source

So what do time and knowledge have in common. How far has the Human species come since Year Zero? Why is this year called 2001? Two thousand years since what? Where and when did time begin?

The Third Millennium
In contemporary history, the third millennium is a period of time that according to official sources, such as the United States Naval Observatory, began on January 1, 2001, and will end on December 31, 3000, of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen Jay Gould argued that it is not possible to decide if the millennium began January 1, 2000, or January 1, 2001. The Associated Press reported that the third millennium began January 1, 2001, and also reported that celebrations in the US were generally more subdued at the beginning of 2001, compared to the beginning of 2000.[4] This is the third period of one thousand years in the Anno Domini or Common Era. source

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Existence
I'm fairly certain that I was conceived by my parents in 1953 and according to records I exited my mother's womb on 19 May 1954. That's pretty personally identifiable information, eh? But is Jesus real? I say, "Yes"

Does "Yes" exist? Using the code:

We find out that..

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