How Did Greek Fire Work? And 6 Other Lost Inventions.
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Even once-widespread innovations have been forgotten, leaving scholars puzzling over the details. It’s easy to assume that we sit at the pinnacle of human knowledge and achievement. Zettabytes of information are just a click away; we jet halfway across the world in hours; we talk to anyone, …
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