Ranked #1
😷 'S.F. Feels Good Without Mask' - 1918, The San Francisco Examiner
😷 'S.F. Feels Good Without Mask' - 1918, The San Francisco Examiner
In the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic San Francisco quickly instituted a mask mandate, when it was repealed there was a count... Read more
9 Dec 2021
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6mins
Ranked #2
📻 Weird, Ghostly and “Supernatural” Antics of the Radio (1931)
📻 Weird, Ghostly and “Supernatural” Antics of the Radio (1931)
Did the rise of 19th century technologies - such as radio - lead to an increase in ghostly sightings? That’s the questio... Read more
31 Oct 2021
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29mins
Ranked #3
✈️ “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile" - The New York Times, 1928
✈️ “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile" - The New York Times, 1928
At the end of the 1920s aeroplanes were becoming a more common sight in the skies, in 1928 The New York Times reported o... Read more
27 Sep 2021
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17mins
Ranked #4
💉 'An Absurd Prejudice' - The New York Times, 1875
💉 'An Absurd Prejudice' - The New York Times, 1875
146 years ago The New York Times published an article lamenting anti-vaxxers, the piece began: "One might suppose that ... Read more
27 Aug 2021
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6mins
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Ranked #5
📺 'The Lazy Half-Wit Comes Into His Own - A British Writer Reveals His Views on The Drawbacks of Mass Communication' (1953)
📺 'The Lazy Half-Wit Comes Into His Own - A British Writer Reveals His Views on The Drawbacks of Mass Communication' (1953)
This screed against mass-media appeared in a 1953 issue of The New York Times, it was an excerpt from an article written... Read more
2 Aug 2021
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8mins
Ranked #6
✈️ 'The Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly' - The New York Times, October 9th, 1903
✈️ 'The Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly' - The New York Times, October 9th, 1903
69 days before the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight The New York Times posited it could take between 1 and 10 mill... Read more
19 Jul 2021
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5mins
Ranked #7
📷 “Photographs are made to lie” (1897) + 🚲 “Bicycle Insanity” (1896)
📷 “Photographs are made to lie” (1897) + 🚲 “Bicycle Insanity” (1896)
These two pieces from the last decade of the 1900s cover two big consumer trends at the time: personal photographs and b... Read more
15 Jul 2021
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4mins
Ranked #8
🪞 'Those Deadly Little Mirrors' - Chicago Tribune, 1912
🪞 'Those Deadly Little Mirrors' - Chicago Tribune, 1912
In 1912 hand mirror use evoked similar reactions to smartphones today, the Chicago Tribune reported: "WOMEN CONSTANTLY ... Read more
3 Jul 2021
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8mins
Ranked #9
♟️'Chess Playing Excitement' - Scientific American, 1859
♟️'Chess Playing Excitement' - Scientific American, 1859
♟️ The year is 1859, American Paul Morphy had just defeated Europe's top chess masters leading to a surge of interest am... Read more
26 Jun 2021
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4mins
Ranked #10
📖 ‘Reading in Bed’ (1909) + ✈️ ‘Aeroplane Face’ (1908)
📖 ‘Reading in Bed’ (1909) + ✈️ ‘Aeroplane Face’ (1908)
It was the first decade of the 1900s, the bicycle was now mainstream and manned flight was still a curious novelty, oh a... Read more
18 Jun 2021
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8mins
