Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to โTwitterโ transatlantically.
Hans RoslingThank you industrialization. Thank you steel mill. Thank you power station. And thank you chemical processing industry that gave us time to read books.
Hans RoslingMost people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!
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