# 'The Tiffany Effect': False anachronisms

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**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267 "2026-08-10T13:12:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267/60 "2026-08-11T19:06:22Z")

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Something I posted a couple of years ago fits pretty well here

> [@Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9384):
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> A couple of things which turnout to be way older than you thought, courtesy of a visit to the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Dating from around 700 BCE: magnifying glasses and cheese graters. I was actually stopped from photographing them (oops); but here are a couple of interesting cites. An interesting finding from Ialisos, dated between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, consists of a series of three magnifying glasses made of rock crystal and set in decorated bronze frames. The lenses, of dif…

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