A List of Predictions Made in 1924 About 2024
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Beds will automatically fling children out in the morning
Horses will no longer exist
Women will be beautiful, physically strong dancers
Automobiles will travel on speedways through the centre of town
Men's legs will wither away from underuse
Canada will have a population of 100 million
Interplanetary travel will be as easy as trans-Atlantic travel
Concerts will be performed remotely
Debutantes will dye their skin all the colours of the rainbow
Diamond engagement rings will be replaced with 100 pound bags of sugar
Movies will bring about world peace
Americans will laugh at radios
Everyone will wear flying clothes
Life expectancy will be 100 years – and 75 will be considered young
Men will wear police-proof pockets
Jazz music will be considered classical
Movies will be so realistic that it will be difficult to distinguish them from real life
New York City will have a population of 30 million -- and no transit problems
The human family will be at the point of starvation
Apartment buildings will be 100 stories tall
Men will stop wearing corsets
Family albums will be videos instead of photographs
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