Did You Know...?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
April 11, 2016 7:17am CST
Did You Know…?
In 1905, only 14% of homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8% of homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only 144 miles of paved road.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 miles per hour.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet.
Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn’t read or write.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa and Tennessee were more populated than California. California was the 21st most populous state at that time.
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Those were the “good old days?” What do you think?
Picture by Pixabay
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
11 Apr 16
@IreneVincent,Sounds unbelievable if you compare it to modern USA.Thanks for sharing amazing facts.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 16
No, I don't know about this. Honest, I don't know at all. Thank you for your information. By the way, which you prefer? US in old days or US in nowadays?
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
13 Apr 16
I like the "old days". Life was so much simpler and there was very little crime. When I was a child, we never locked our doors. Now, I keep my doors locked day and night. And I keep my car locked in my driveway.
I don't care for all the technology either. When I was a child, we ate together as a family and played card games and board games as family. We didn't have computers and cell phones and Ipods and all the things that people today have that distract them from family time.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
13 Apr 16
@IreneVincent I agree with you, I also like with simple life and safe one though we do not enjoy technology.
Evidently, advancement of technology does not make our life safer, crime happen in everywhere. Even, technology has been made us difficult as a family, we tend to be individualist.
By the way, how old are you now?
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@DanieGirl80587 (2724)
• United States
11 Apr 16
I knew a few, but most were a surprise to me!
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
12 Apr 16
Life was certainly VERY different 100 years ago. Now, we have so many modern day things that didn't exist 100 years ago.
Too much, I think, because every day, a new version comes out, especially in electronics and the old version is tossed away. While recycling helps some, the amount of discarded items that are filling up the land fills and trash and non-biodegradable items are beyond belief.
Have you ever seen the movie "Wall-E?" While its an animated film that has an appeal for children, it also has a frightening reality lesson for adults. Every adult should see this film and think about what its telling us.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
16 Apr 16
It's interesting to know these things. Not necessarily IMPORTANT to know them, but still interesting, don't you think?
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@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
16 Apr 16
@IreneVincent Sometimes these trivial details help to put much bigger things into perspective. I love to learn about how people lived in different times and places 
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
14 Apr 16
yepperz, i'd go back'n a heartbeat myself. if'n i'd a time machine though, i'd push't back e'en further. folks were more'n tune to family'n community back then. they also did more fer 'emselves 'n didn't 'xpect all the handouts 'f today.
