Have you ever noticed that if something is older than your grandparents, it feels like it has been around forever? So much of modern infrastructure and modern conveniences fall into that pattern. Things we take so much for granted that no one bothers to question where they came from. Especially boring bits of infrastructure, like buses.
The Tim Traveler has this answer, and hundreds more videos answering other questions no one but Tim ever bothered to ask. Apprécier!
… and if you found this interesting, the most popular post on my other blog falls into this same category. How did Bell sell the first telephone? Because when you take a second to think about that, you realize that one telephone alone is not useful.
… or my follow-up to that post, about how AT&T never sold any telephones, as their business model was centered around renting phones.
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