1920s
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This 1930s Invention Was Supposed To Make Parallel Parking Easy
These days, some cars can help you parallel park with the touch of a button, but it wasn’t alway so easy. Back in the 1930s you had to parallel park the old fashioned way, and this short clip from a newsreel shows how one inventor in California came up with a plan to let drivers…
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This Magazine Predicted The Electric Haircut Of Tomorrow
Tech-enthusiasts of the 1920s were obsessed with turning everything electric. They wanted electric mixing bowls, electric dishwashers and even electric haircuts. It may seem like an obvious idea today, but back in the 1920s, an electric haircut was straight out of science fiction.
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Take The Intelligence Test That Thomas Edison Gave To Job Seekers
Today, tech companies are infamous for asking silly questions at job interviews. How would I move Mount Fuji? If I knew that I probably wouldn’t be sitting here for this job interview, would I, Microsoft?
