‘What is one moment in history that is wildly significant, even though most people don’t realise it?’ – 21 small events that made a huge difference
12.
‘Behind the Bastards made a compelling argument that Oprah’s coverage of Satanic Panic may have laid the groundwork for Qanon and Trump’s presidency.’
–NIN10DOXD
13.
‘The invention of the mechanical clock and the invention of the pendulum clock 350 years later. Seeing how much a lot of our systems now rely on accurate timekeeping and all the discoveries and inventions that were made because we kept creating more and more accurate timekeepers, this was massive breakthrough.’
–uitSCHOT
14.
‘People seem to forget the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 when listing the most significant events of the 21st century. It’s right up there with 9/11, Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.’
–tcs00
15.
‘There was a day in deep dark history when someone had the idea of turning our spoken words into drawn symbols on, possibly, clay or rock. We don’t know who or when this happened, but it was the day that literacy was born.’
–metaconcept
16.
‘Henry Ford mass producing cars with internal combustion engines. Cars have dramatically changed the physical landscape. Replaced rail as the primary means of mass travel. Led to proliferation of the paved streets and highways, parking lots, gas stations, motels and fast food outlets. Contributed to congestion, urban sprawl, air pollution and climate change. Demand for oil influenced geopolitics for 100+ years.’
–ThimbleBluff
17.
‘When Obama made fun of Trump never being president.’
–CitizenHuman
18.
‘Pascal and Fermat discovering probability theory in the 17th century. Without it you don’t have risk-based insurance* and without that you don’t have capitalism (for good or ill).’
–13curseyoukhan
19.
‘Henry VIII separating from the Roman Catholic church and having government rule over religion. It put power into the secular authority.’
–AztecGodofFire
20.
‘Stalingrad. The beginning of the end for the third Reich.’
–Turbulent_Muffin_731
21.
‘Women’s suffrage. The movement helped lay the foundation for the civil rights movement.’
–Unusual_Specialist
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