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28 New Things That Are Actually Surprisingly Old Things

By:: Brian C. Miller; Cracked Writers

September 01, 2021

28 New Things That Are Actually Surprisingly Old Things

Modern generations may think we're so much more advanced than those that came before us-- But it turns out that a lot of modern conveniences are way, way older than we initially think. Here are some of the wildest examples of technology that came along long before our dumb hands got to it.

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THE COMMERCIAL SALE OF BOTTLED WATER STARTED IN 1767. Bottled water was sold by Jackson's Spa in Boston. Early drinkers believed the bottled mineral water had therapeutic properties. CRACKED.COM — Source: 'Recent' Things That're Actually Older Than Dirt

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THE FIRST 3-D MOVIE PREMIERED IN 1920. The Power of Love was the first 3-D movie for a commercial audience, but the film is now lost. CRACKED.COM — Source: 'Recent' Things That're Actually Older Than Dirt

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EXPANDED CINEMATIC UNIVERSES HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 40s NEVER BEFORE... so MUCH WICKEDNESS UNDER ONE ROOF! WOLF MAN! FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER! HOUSE OF DRACULA! FRANKENSTEIN MAD DOCTOR! sparring BORIS KARLOFF LON CHANEY with JOHN CARRADINE J. CARROL NAISH ANNE GWYNNE PETER COE HUNCHBACK! ELENA VERDUGO LIONEL ATWILL Ganlars It kicked off with The Wolf Man and then expanded into a series of crossovers which included Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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CRACKED.COM Long before COPS, there was a 1954 radio program called NIGHT WATCH, which was a ride-along with the L.A. police. POLICE not NIGHT WATCH was gritty, even by today's standards, with suicides, child abandonment, and, in one episode, the reporter getting stabbed. — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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Rap can be traced back to the 1920s and 1930s. For over 100 years or more, the technique of rapping has been around in many American musical genres. Surprisingly, those include ragtime, vaudeville, and religious songs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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The idea of 3D printing is over 150 years old. Photosculpture by François Willème from 1865. And printers that could pull it off were invented three decades ago. In 1986, Chuck Hull patented the method of manufacturing called stereolithography. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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Hoodies were made to keep athletes and workers warm, in the 1930s. 11,00 HOODED COTTON SHIRTS ROCKNE SIDELINE COAT No. F718-A waterproof coat Dark cotton gray fleece only lined to abitt order ية 15 hood No. and C700H-Heavy pocket. with a heavy wool high lining, quality zipper tan hood. full belt practical coat, warm and order Price........... and knee length. about one week. exactly na made by A for Notre Dame. To $2.00 only in ten days in US small, medium and large $17.00 $11.85 ora. No. To C702II-Same order only. as Price........ above in all standard 82.15 SLD DL — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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The first submarine dates way back to the 1620s and was made by Cornelius van Drebbel. Called the Drebbel I, it was basically an enclosed GRACKED COM rowboat and was proprelled just like one. — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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Think your new Tesla is a modern idea? Think again. The first crude electric vehicle was invented in the 1830s, and America's first electric car was built in 1891. CRACKED COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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Animation dates way back to the stone age, using only charcoal, flickering flames, and neuroscience. 21,000 years ago, prehistoric artists would draw rows of images that, when illuminated by flickering firelight, would CRACKED.COM appear to be in motion. This illusion has to do with the way the human brain fills in gaps between the flashes of light. — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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CRACKED.COM The Governmenttrying to cut down fossil fuel emissions to the atmosphere? It dates back to 1307, when Edward I tried to ban blacksmiths from using coal. — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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You may think that the A 14 8 10 20-sided die 2 20 91 8 has only been around as long as L ungeons & Dragons... but similar polyhedra dating to as far back as Ancient or Egypt have been found. Although it is thought that they were most likely used in Divination, ancient tabletop gaming remains a possiblity. GRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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Think we can blame MTV for introducing crappy reality shows to the world in the THE 90's? REAL WORLD Think again! Meet the Loud family. They were followed around by a film crew for 7 months, having their daily lives and drama documented with no host, no interviews, and very little voice-over narration. Their lives were edited down to 12 hours of footage, chopped up into hour-long segments, and aired weekly on PBS... in 1973! GRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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POWERED BY BIODIESEL The first public demonstration of biodiesel was at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris when a Diesel engine ran on peanut oil CRACKED COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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You could play Duck Hunt in 1936 0 12 3. LITE RAY The Seeburg Ray-O-Lite used a light gun that worked with nearly the same mechanism that Nintendo would use 50 years later on the NES. The ducks moved on a mechanical track. The dog that laughed at you was Nintendo's innovation. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 'Modern' Things That Are JUST. SO. OLD.

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IN-CAR NAVIGATION Merry DAIS - Pas - CLUBE - - Icen FROMO 1.54m 230 6,25+ 1:57 г M - 1.25m A40 Cumberland Gate tomsom WAS AVAILABLE IN 1932 THE The early models consisted of a paper map that would scroll relative to the car's speed. The driver was required to stop and change 313 the scrolls if he turned or went on a different route. GRAGKED.COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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Think the RIAA is bad? In one of the first known copyright violation cases, St Columba, a 6th century Irish missionary, 'borrowed' and copied a psalter (Psalms) without permission from his mentor, St Finian. Finian brought his case before the High King of Ireland claiming the book was his, therefore any copy of it was his as well. The King agreed, saying To every cow belongs its calf; to every book its copy. of lona Columba disputed the ruling and the resulting disagreement led to the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne which cost 3000 men their lives. You may not like — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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GRAGKED.COM Explioit sex imagery is as old as civilisation. The Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs, which could date back to 2000BC, depict an orgy featuring gay and transgender activity. Some see it as fertility rituals, others simply as cave porn. — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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MEN HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WAY women DRESS SINCE ANCIENT Times. Wretched FLOCKS of MAIDS LABOUR SO THAT THE ADULTERESS MAY BE VISIBLE THROUGH HER THIN SO THAT HER DRESS, HUSBAND HAS NO MORE ACQUAINTANCE THAN ANY OUTSIDER OR FOREIGNER WITH HIS Wipe' S BODY. - SENECA THE YOUNGER, DECLAMATIONS GRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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GRACKED.COM KILL 'EM ALL. LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT! ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO... 12099.D During the Massacre of Beziers (Albigensian Crusade) in hubitants à protrart de را mort zzirrs furent ni miz m nitel в mandutics nise mis m mart les Where a churchman is quoted as saying Caedite eos. Aobit enim Dominus quí sunt eius Kill them all. The Lord knoweth them that are his — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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PEOPLE have BEENTBENLDING PIPELINES TO TRANSPORT NATURAL GAS SINCE... 400 BC? ANCIENT ChiNESE BUILT BAMBOO pipELINES TO TRANSPORT NATURAL GAS, which саме FROM 'FIRE WELLS', usually discovered when dRILLING FOR BRINE, The MAIN SOURCE of SALT. Gas was used FOR hEATING, LIGHTING CITIES AND SALT EXTRACTION. This TECHNOLOGY was developed as EARLY as The 4Th CENTURY BC AND could TRANSPORT GAS aNd BRINE FOR hundreds of KILOMETRES. GRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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TEN THINGS YOU WOULD NOT CREDIT And Yet When You Read About Them You Will Find How the Marvels Are Explained. DOES IT seem POSSIBLE THAT You Can Go Around the World on a Pound of Ooals You Can Make an Omelette Without Any Eggat You Can Forget You Are Married? A Man Can Run Faster Than an Antelopof wtf? A Multi-Mrillionaire Can't Be Satisfied? A Woman's Club Can Be Run Like a Mon's? Society Has Incented a Game More Dangerous than Football* Russia's Reign of Anarchy la Growing Worse? The Soul Can Be Found? You Can Get a Really — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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Cosmetic Dentistry is at least 2500 years old. This is gold ribbon supporting two false teeth, or a very basic bridge, found in an Etruscan skull. This is not the only example of it, either. The Etruscans were a pre-Roman group in Western Italy. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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Athletes earning silly amounts of money? HEAT 6 They get nowhere near the wages paid to ancient Roman charioteers. One named Gaius Appuleius Diocles earned a total of 35,863,120 sesterces during his 24 year career. The equivalent of $15 billion today. GRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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Rap Battles CRACKED.COM predate modern music by centuries For example, Flyting was a 15th century Scottish verbal contest of exchanging insults in verse between rival poets. The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie contains witty rhymes such as: Forworthin wirling, I warn thee, it is witen (misbegotten wretch... it is known) How, skytting skarth, thou has the hurle behind (shitty monster, you have a runny behind) Wan wriggling wasp, more wormes hast thou beshitten Even Loki engaged in poetic duels in Norse mythology — Source: 30 'Modern' Things That Are Way Older Than You Think

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