Trivia Junction

A Compendium of trivia I find interesting
...for the curious

One hundred years ago...in 1906...

• - The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47.
  
  

• - A 3-minute call from Denver to New York City cost 11 dollars.
  
  
• - There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only 144 miles of paved roads.
  
  
• - The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
  
  
• - Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.
  
  
• - The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
  
  
• - More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME.
  
  
• - 90 percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
  Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'sub-standard.'
  
  
• - Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
  
  
• - Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
  
  
• - The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
  
  
• - The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
  
  
• - 2 out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
  
  
• - Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.
  
  

Now having read this try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

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