According to this chap (Bishop Ussher) the universe is 6024 years old today, so many happy returns Universe! The only slight problem with his claim is that we have trees still growing today that are older. Never mind, it wasn't his fault, his sources were highly problematic and he was brainwashed as a child into believing childish things as an adult. Anyway, also not his fault that he didn't live to see the birth of the science of Geology and radiometric dating techniques, so maybe we shouldn't bash him too much...
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