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1. There's nothing new under the sun - or stars - it seems. Invented around 150 BC, for which everyday requirement for mankind was the Antikythera mechanical device used?
2. Hero of Alexandria (10-70 AD) was a designer and engineer in ancient Greece. He created an early form of which device that we take for granted today, every time we enter most modern big buildings?
3. Apart from sundials and tally sticks, the earliest known mechanical time-keeping devices were powered by which means?
4. War, sadly, is also becoming more and more a part of our everyday life as well. There are airborne bombers, tanks, rifles - you name it and mankind has designed another weapon that kills. Bombs first used in aerial warfare were dropped by means of an invention far older than they were, and which was usually used for far more pleasurable purposes. What was this?
5. In which country was the first handheld egg beater patented?
6. Toothbrushes are as old as the history of humanity it would seem. From what were the first teeth-cleaning devices, known as chew sticks, manufactured?
7. Animal pelts were the choice once when trying to keep warm at night in winter. What was one of the amazingly simple early devices that replaced these as bed warmers in civilised society?
8. Then we have laundry day, as much a part of our daily lives as toothbrushes and calendars. Our early ancestors washed clothing (when it was invented) by the side of rivers by banging the clothes on rocks and then rinsing them off in the water. An early laundry device which gradually replaced rocks was a special piece of wood. What was it called?
9. With the laundry comes the - groan - ironing. The history of removing wrinkles from freshly laundered clothing is really interesting, especially if you're a masochist. How did the early Chinese iron their clothing?
10. So, we've looked at calendars and doors and clocks and cooking and laundry devices and teeth and bed warmers, all of which were as applicable way back then as they still are today, no matter how many modern tweaks they've been given. One last question then. What was the ancestor of the electric vacuum cleaner?
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