Historical Shower Thoughts That Made Us Say Whoa
Most of us are accustomed to the widely discussed "shower thoughts," or thoughts we have while our minds are not otherwise preoccupied with daily tasks. For some of use, those thoughts lead to contemplating the vast questions of our history here on Earth and beyond.
Have you ever considered how long sharks have been around; or how much we actually do not know about the generations that came before us? Historical shower thoughts leave us pondering the existential questions we would otherwise be too disposed to ask.
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Food Allergies Are Complicated
From Redditor /u/chemical-mastermind:
There have likely been times in history when a leader was believed to be poisoned but they probably had a severe food allergy and no one realized it.
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The Brain Named Itself
From Redditor /u/potato-salad-2006:
The brain is the only object that has named itself over the course of human history.
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History Is Happening All Around Us All The Time
From Redditor /u/Nazamroth:
We probably lived through several world events that will later be in history books and marked as important, and we basically just shrugged and went on with our lives.
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Someone Once Thought To Invent Clothing
From Redditor /u/BreatheMyStink:
There must have been a brief window in human history where it was weirder to see a stranger in clothing than it was to see a stranger [without].
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Time Is A Construct
From Redditor /u/Ayham_abusalem:
We are living in someone's future and someone's history, simultaneously.
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Never Doubt A Good Idea
From Redditor /u/Cpt-Wow:
So many inventions throughout history must have been delayed or never even invented because the person that thought of it first assumed it was such a good idea that it must already be a thing.