Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

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what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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You can have a heart transplant.
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  1923 people expected mechanical heart transplants to be available today

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