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If you ever come across a meme using a relative temporal expression such as today or this week, there's a good chance that the information contained within it is outdated. After all, the meme will likely continue to circulate on social media long after today or this week has ended. For example, Facebook user Scott del Oso posted a meme on 27 November 2018, featuring a photograph of the Berlin Wall and text stating that The Berlin Wall stood for 10,316 days. Today it has been gone for 10,316 days: This meme was accurate for a single day: 5 February 2018. By the time Oso (and subsequently 20,000 additional people) shared it on Facebook in November 2018, it was outdated by several months. The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961 and stood for more than 28 years. On 5 February 2018, news outlets from around the world published articles celebrating the fact that the Berlin Wall had now been down as long as it was up: As of this writing, the Berlin Wall has been down for 10,614 days.
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