I want to talk about the Nazis. Why? To be honest, I don’t exactly want to talk about them, but things that have outlived them. I could try and explain who and what the Nazis were, but I think the majority of the world may have already figured what they did. I mean, if you want to fight some real world collective villains, your first choice would either be the Ku Klux Klan or the Nazis. They are so easy to hate.

I feel the Nazis have left a stain on humanity, that will probably never really wash off. That being the case, I wanted to point out a few things. I think some people have forgotten that the Nazis were originally a political party called the National Socialist German Workers’ Party or Nazi for short.

The far right party was founded in 1920, while Germany was still recovering from the First World War. In 1933, they were voted into power and ushered in what they called the German Reich or the Third Reich, which the Nazis claimed would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12 years, because it ended in 1945, with the end of the European campaign of the Second World War and the defeat of the Nazis.

Now someone may say that the Third Reich lasted only 12 years, but considering the Nazis had formed in 1920; at least to me, the Nazis had lasted 25 years. A quarter of a century, instead of a thousand years. I simply can’t stop smiling at that fact!

So the Nazis only lasted 25 years. That’s a long time, right? The funny thing is that there are many things and people that have actually outlasted and outlived the entire Nazi party. Now imagine if there was a list of these things and people.

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Behold, may I present to you, 15 things that have outlived 25 years of the entire Nazi party:

The original run of the tv show, Doctor Who; refereed to as Classic Who (1963-1989: 26 years)

The length of time for Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment (November 1962-February 1990: 27 years)

The entire The Land Before Time movie series (1988-2016: 28 years)

The length of time it takes Saturn to orbit the Sun (29 years)

The Dark Tower novel series by Stephen King (1982-2012: 30 years)

The number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, remains the world’s worst nuclear disaster (1986-2021: 35 years)

The first news story on an unidentified disease appeared in a newspaper, which was later named as AIDS. (1981-2021: 40 years)

The time it took to construct the Charles Bridge, in Prague, Czech Republic (1357-1402: 45 years)

The introduction of McDonald’s Quarter Pounder (1971-2021: 50 years)

The national flag of Botswana was adopted (1966-2021: 55 years)

The reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty (1735-1796: 60 years and 114 days)

The release of the 4th James Bond novel, Diamonds Are Forever (1956-2021: 65 years)

The current age of my Dad (1951-2021: 70 years)

The current marriage of the 39th President of United States of America Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter (1946-2021: 75 years)

The first appearance of Wonder Woman (1941-2021: 80 years)

Does this list change anything? No it doesn’t, except that it makes me feel happy to highlight that King Shark from The Suicide Squad, has existed for 27 years; 2 years longer than the Nazis. That’s embarrassing.

Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next week!

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