‘What hasn’t changed in the past 1000 years?’ 21 fascinating facts

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Bricklaying. The materials and techniques are remarkably static over the centuries.
Fysicks

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Paintbrushes. The best we can do is still a clump of animal hair tied to a stick.
statch

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Horseshoe Crabs. My understand is they have been pretty much the same for 480 million years.
Moodbocaj

17.

Playing cards.

Different styles, but the colors, numbers, and suites have been and will always be the same.
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18.

Human DNA (1000 years is a drop in the bucket, time-wise)
LBinSF

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I work as a hand embroiderer in the fashion industry and often think if I was born 1000 years ago I could literally be doing the exact same job.. shame I need glasses though.
Prickstitch

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Tattorack
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Keys and locks. Pretty much the same mechanism since the beginning.
Mikbatula

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