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by CM30 2178 days ago
Hmm, not sure the questions about what date a certain event happened feel relevant to the article. I mean sure, people do lose track of how long ago an event really was, and feel like something that happened in the early 2010s was just a few years ago.

But at least in my case, it's more of a subjective feeling, not any confusion about when the actual date in question occurred. I know the London Olympics occurred in 2012, it just feels like 2012 was only a few years ago rather than that the Olympics occurred in some other year.

Still, I'm not sure how you'd really test that in this format.