Sometimes it seems like the 21st century is the mother of all
current Ideas. However there are notions we take as relevant,
cutting edge of contemporary that perhaps are not so new. Let's see
We used to learning that women performed the roles
of nurses and aids in both World Wars and since the seventies onwards
it became gradually more usual to see women in the army. However
already in 1914 in World War 1 Russia deployed female combat troops
in large numbers. There was a well-known contingent of light cavalry
in a Cossack regiment lead by a female Colonel.
Famous Maria Boshkareva was the commander
of the first women battalion a death. They didn't provide the propaganda value
that was expected of them
but they set one of the first precedents for women in combat since ancient warfare.
Long before the boom of Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs, Google and Facebook
Thomas Alva Edison invented the first industrial research laboratory
in Menlo Park, New Jersey
These offices were a place to "just do", where creativity
was nurtured and fostered
Employees were expected to manage their own time and to think outside the box
Edison ruled over them hard, but he set the conditions for every employee to feel
that they were accomplishing something
every day rather than just being part a long manufacturing chain
This was the first creative hub in modern history
a business concerned with creating knowledge
and then controlling its application.
The obsession to look good is not a modern syndrome.
We associate tanning beds with Wall St sharks and the 90s
but already in the nineteen thirties there were
there were solariums in the coastal towns of England and the US.
Equipped with UV ray lamps and heaters,these solariums offered the beach experience in winter.
Closer to today's spa centers, these solariums were built in conservatories or sun rooms.
and they offered a warm indoor alternative for leisure time.
Whether they were healthy or not, that's a whole different subject.
When the internet wasn't even a dream at the end of the thirties,
the first London marriage bureau opened its doors
candidates looking for that perfect match which fill in a confidential form
stating their preferences
and that key criteria: interests, age, religion, that sort of thing.
Then the bureau would match one candidate with another
and arrange a date.
We don't know what that success rate was
but we know that before Tinder and online dating, these offices worked
business cupids for more than six decades.
Humans have kept animals as pets since ancient times
A body dated 7500 BC was found in Cyprus buried with a cat.
That is the first record we have of pets.
Egyptians already put accessories on cats and dogs
according to the mommies that have been found
so whenever you see a dog with a woolly walking down the street
don't think that our times are so bizarre.
Animal fashions have always been on trend.
We know you know that fortune tellers have always existed
but did you know that television wasn't the first mass media they appeared on
there were fortune tellers in film too.
This month will see more jobs going because of improved trade conditions in this country
if it sweeps out across the palm
then you will travel and die abroad
or else we get the artistic temperament, fits of depression
Libra means the balance
Sagittarians can perform in many and varied jobs
Like the bees, they are steady, industrious, plodding workers
I wonder how many of you are in the right job
This remarkable instrument can taste and register on this dial
the flavors of different kinds of fruits.
We'll convert the taste of this apple
into sound, coming from this loudspeaker
In the recent Futurefest, in London, an invention was showcased that decoded and digitized basic flavors
so that then they could be reproduced in a synthetic tongue.
In order to feel flavors without ingesting any food
but we have founded in 1933
the New York Electrical Society had already made their own version
The lonely lemon, with all its citric acid, is the the piccolo of the fruit family
After the sixties there was growing awareness of ecology and the need for recycling
however from ancient times recycling was common practice during war
to fight and prevent shortage of materials
During the two World Wars
governments invested in campaigns to encourage it
because it increased the chances of victory
as an example of direct recycling, German helmets were turned into
cooking pots at the end of World War two.
Tell us which other not so modern concepts you can think of
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