
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: February 2023
Paranoid computer; Mount Everest not the highest
Paranoid computer; Mount Everest not the highest
Hydrogen power; alcohol from moss
Psychic reward; desert sea
Tattooed corneas; sunlight on Venus
No life on the moon; safe gas at home
Booster shots for smallpox, molten moonglow
Creation as science; climbing Mount Everest
Count women as workers; cement from sewage
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Vesuvius erupts again; dragon bones
Wanted: lard oil and asbestos
Human aura is ultraviolet; stimulating holly tea
Laser television; mastodons in New York
Booster shots for smallpox, molten moonglow
How birds breathe, dehydrated meat
Fish in Death Valley; the Edison test
Jupiter Pioneers get ready; wireless moths
U.S. could go metric; vicious fish
Tasty radio; early fake leather
Madame Curie honored; immortality for humans
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