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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2015, 05:43:27 AM » |
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The Aeolipile
Although they didn't really start being used until the Industrial Revolution, the first steam engine was actually invented in 10 A.D. by the Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria. He may have also invented the world's first vending machine thousands of years before the products commonly found in them were conceived.
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2015, 05:44:01 AM » |
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Iceland spar It was long held in ancient Nordic myth that a magic gem was used to navigate the seas in low-visibility situations. Scientists have recently figured out that this gem is real and is more deeply rooted in science than magic. The Iceland spar refracts light to make it visible in cloudy or nighttime conditions.
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2015, 05:44:33 AM » |
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Nazca lines
 The Nazca desert in Peru is home to a series of huge, mystical geoglyphs that were etched into the Earth's surface between 450 and 600 A.D. These geological designs are truly bizarre when you think about how the miracle of flight didn't exist until quite some time after this. Who were these ancient messages meant for, then?
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2015, 05:45:05 AM » |
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Baghdad battery
Elon Musk might be at work perfecting the electronic battery today, but as early as 250 B.C., clay batteries were used in an ancient town near Baghdad that could produce at least two volts of electricity. What could they possibly have been powering back then? Nobody knows.
So even though the iPhone 6 and the Playstation 4 may seem impressive, it's crazy to think that we still can't figure out how some inventions and building techniques of ancient times were even conceived. Maybe we aren't as technologically advanced as we think. Maybe if we dig deep enough, we will find ancient iPhones and Playstations far superior to our own.
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