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Top 10 Ancient inventions that challenge today's society

Many modern inventions have actually been around in our lives for decades or even centuries. We tend to think that these inventions are all new because previous versions failed, were forgotten, or were lost.

1. Reality TV show

In the 1970s, filmmaker Craig Gilbert approached housewife Pat Loud about filming her family's daily life for a television show. At first, Pat rejected Craig's idea because participating in the show could take away their privacy and disrupt their daily lives. But Pat eventually changed her mind, seeing the program as an opportunity to restore happiness to her life. The first reality show ever made, it was called An American Family. This is the first reality TV show in the world.
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2. Lens

The general idea for contact lenses was first envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci in 1508. Da Vinci suggested that the optics of the human eye could be corrected by placing the cornea in direct contact with water. However, it took about 350 years before someone actually invented the first contact lens.

According to some reports, German glass blower FA Muller is credited with producing the first contact lenses in 1887. However, as cited by other reports, ophthalmologist Edouard Kalt and Dr. Adolf E. Fick as the inventors of the first contact lenses in 1888. Contact lens tips were made entirely from glass. They cover the entire surface of the eye, including the sclera (white). The glass surface is heavy and reduces oxygen supply to the cornea, so they can only be worn for a few hours at a time.
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3. Fast food restaurant

The habit of eating fast is said to be an invention of recent generations. However, when scientists studied how households functioned in the ancient city of Pompeii, they discovered that fast food restaurants were used by the ancient Romans.

Most ancient Romans used wine and lunch quite sparingly, unlike the leaders in Rome. Most people live in small areas that do not have space for their dining room and kitchen areas. While excavating the city, scientists discovered the ruins of fast food restaurants.

According to Professor Stephen Dyson, former president of the Archaeological Institute of America, restaurants were a cross between fast food eateries and taverns because they served both food and alcohol. Opening on the street, restaurants have a large number of people in the middle of the room for customers to order food and drinks. Just like modern cuisine, customers can sit at a small table in the restaurant or simply grab their food and go. The discoveries in Pompeii are believed to extend to other parts of Italy because the city was considered the capital of Rome.
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4. Social Media

Social media seems to be one of the biggest innovations of the 21st century. On it, we share our thoughts and opinions on various issues. However, the 16th century inhabitants of Northern Europe created “amicorum alba”, Latin for “Friend books”.

Around the 1960s, young men from what is now the Netherlands and the Rhineland began to leave home in search of a broad European education. The men visited universities and scholars. Whenever they meet a philosopher, scientist, or student they admire, they want someone to write a short comment in their "friend books" to remember their meeting.

Even though women of that era did not have as many opportunities to travel as men, they continued to maintain their "friend books." Women's "friend books" tended to be more personal with gossip. , secrets, and jokes about their hobbies that they write down in “friend books.” These books often contain stories about memorable events, lyrics for new songs, and personal poetry. Amicorum alba probably is definitely a way to show off someone's popularity.
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5. Brain surgery

According to archaeologists, brain surgery has been performed since the late “Neolithic” period. Believed to go back about 5,000 years ago, the earliest known technique was trepanation, the removal of bone from the skull. However, an ancient tomb discovered in the French village of Ensisheim suggests that brain surgery was performed at least 7,000 years ago.

In 1997, an archaeologist working in Ensisheim discovered the remains of a 50-year-old man with two holes in his skull. There was a fracture in the skull, which they pointed out was caused by surgery and not by violence. Located in the frontal lobe, the first hole is about 6 cm wide, while the other holes at the top of the skull are about 3 cm wide. This suggests that the surgery took place at different times. The surgery must have been successful because both holes healed before he died. The small foramen is completely covered by a new layer of bone, and the large foramen is partially covered.

Although it is the oldest known evidence of brain surgery, archaeologists believe it is possible that brain surgery appeared even earlier. In fact, the trepanation was performed perfectly and the man survived.
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6. Landline

It wasn't Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone, it was actually an Italian-American engineer named Antonio Meucci. However, the idea of ​​a telephone actually goes back more than 1,200 years ago.

This ancient version was invented by the Chimu civilization, who lived in the Rio Moche Valley in northern Peru. Available at the Smithsonian National Museum of the Indo-American Society, this ancient telephone was discovered by Baron Walram V. Von Schoeler, a Prussian aristocrat, while excavating in Peru in the 1930s.
The telephone of the Chimu culture consisted of two gourds, each about 9 cm long, connected about 22 meters together by braided wire. The tube is equipped with a hidden membrane designed to enhance sound during communication. Chimu society is a hierarchical society in which the phones are used by the upper classes because they are not allowed to meet the lower classes in person.
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7. Car

Some people call Karl Benz the "father of the automobile" although this invention may not have been attributed to just one person. It took about 100,000 patents to create the cars we have today.

Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton even drew theoretical sketches for a motor vehicle. However, it was not until the 18th century that the first self-propelled vehicle appeared for human travel. In 1769, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French engineer and mechanic, became the first person to design and build a self-propelled car. Used by the French army, it was a three-wheeled artillery carriage, powered by a steam engine reaching a maximum speed of about 3 km per hour. Cugnot's car had to stop for about 15 minutes to recharge before moving again.

In 1771, the first automobile accident occurred when a man drove into a stone wall. From then on, everything fell on Cugnot. He soon ran out of money to upgrade his invention after his financial provider passed away.
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8. Anti-vaccination movement

In the early 1800s, Edward Jenner developed a smallpox vaccine, but it was opposed and criticized by society. Some critics consider it unsanitary, while others oppose it for political, religious, or scientific reasons. From there, the anti-vaccination movement was formed.

Nearly a century later, a riot broke out in various parts of England after the British government passed a law making vaccination mandatory for all children. Wallace cited statistics from the registration form report that 52 people die each year from complications from vaccination.

However, the national vaccine organization quickly countered with some statistics that almost 4,000 Londoners died each year from smallpox before the vaccine was introduced. Due to the riots and political pressure, the British government added a provision to the law that gives parents the right to opt out of mandatory vaccination if they understand the implications of their action.

In 1867, the “League Against Compulsory Vaccination” was founded in London. About a decade later, the “American Anti-Vaccination Association” was founded after a trip to America by William Tebb.
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9. Submarine

However, Bourne did not make anything more of his idea, so the world had to wait until the 1620s when Cornelius van Drebbel, the "inventor of the building" for James I of England, built first submarine. The Drebbel submarine was a wooden rowing boat covered in patent leather, with an air tube attached to a buoy that was in contact with the oxygen surface. The submarine was propelled by 12 rowers as the engine did not yet exist.
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10. Slang in text messages

The word crush in text messages is said to be a modern invention. Today's phone users adopt slang to make their messages shorter and type faster. Known in English as "Text lingo", the form is criticized by English professors and language purists, who feel it is a sign of modern intellectual decay. However, abbreviated communication languages ​​have been around since the 1890s when telegraphs were invented.

Although the telegraph enabled people to send messages over long distances, it was extremely expensive and they had to pay for each message sent. Users have started adopting slang to minimize the cost of sending messages. Some examples are: “Wr r ty gg r 9”, the full meaning is “Where are they going for No. 9”; “Is tt exa tr et”, the full meaning is “Is that extra there yet?”.

Most people only send messages by telegram when they need to convey an urgent message, the use of slang gives them the opportunity to convey the maximum amount of information with the fewest characters.
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