What Are Some Inventions That Are Much Older Than We Think?

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Many of us assume that cars, computers, and batteries are modern inventions. Before that time we lived in a technological dark age too barbaric and boring to contemplate. But what if the 21st century's most important inventions aren't all that recent?...

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0:00.0	Here's to John.
0:01.1	His drive is going better than expected.
0:03.4	Not just because he's going away for the weekend,
0:05.9	but because he's virtually there.
0:07.8	He can almost taste that first ice cream on the beach.
0:10.8	Why? Because he beat the rush by visiting S.O.
0:13.8	Midweek to fill up and check his tire pressure.
0:16.9	Not on the morning of the trip, like everyone else.
0:19.4	We applaud you, John.
0:21.0	Extra sprinkles for you.
0:22.6	You're our kind of driver.
0:24.4	S.O. A plan journey is a smoother journey.
0:27.5	C.S.O. Coda, Y.K. for details.
0:30.2	They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.
0:32.9	They waged war, forged peace, and altered the fates of billions of people.
0:37.0	And yet, they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.
0:40.8	They were the presidents of the United States,
0:42.8	and they are the subjects of the history podcast, this American president.
0:46.7	In each episode of this American president,
0:49.0	we explore how flawed men have managed this awesome responsibility.
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