Some languages have ways of marking events/states that took place before some reference time, but are still relevant at that reference time, as in English <i>I had eaten 50 pizzas.</i> See Dahl & Velupillai (2008).

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
Dahl, Östen & Velupillai, Viveka. 2008. The Perfect.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 68.
Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/68">http://wals.info/feature/68</a href>. 
Accessed on 2008-07-20.