tilthat

TIL that in 1903 the New York Times predicted that building a flying machine would be possible in 1-10 Million years.

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bywandandsword

To understand how ridiculous this is, the first successful powered airplane flew this same year, 1903

zipstick

You’re understating how ridiculous

it wasn’t just the same year. it was nine days later

dragongirltitties

how do newspaper clippings from a hundred years ago violate community guidelines