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The History and Future of Human Transportation & How to Speak Your Mind

Something You Should Know

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Wheeled Vehicles - The Greatest Invention in History

The wheel was invented more than five thousand years ago. It's only very, very recently that wheeled vehicles have proliferated. Early wheels were not made by chopping slices off logs. They were made by ar splitting logs and sticking them together in plank. This is all complicated stuff, and then building a whole vehicle around them. The egyptians managed to build the pyramids entirely without using wheels. In terms of transportation, the horse has got to be pretty close to top as well.

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