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Jan 1, 2023, 18 tweets

A List of Predictions Made in 1923 About 2023

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The work day will be four hours long

Women will blacken their teeth and shave their heads

Radio will replace gasoline

All people will be beautiful

Life expectancy will be 100 years

Life expectancy will be 300 years

People will wear kidney cosies

Men will curl their hair

The US will have a population of 300 million

Canada will have a population of 100 million

Utensils will be made of pulp

Flights from Chicago to Hamburg will only take 18 hours

Newspapers will have been out of business for 50 years

Private kitchens will disappear

Cancer will be eradicated

War will be wireless and we might have telepathy

People will communicate using watch-size radio telephones

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