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Have you ever imagined having a person walking down the street to wake up employees? If not, believe me, this was once a profession.
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Have you ever stopped to think about the changes technology has brought into your life? With the advancement of science over the years, some activities have become obsolete and several have even ceased to exist. However, many of these can be considered strange professions today. We've gathered some below, check it out.
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Extinct professions that are pretty bizarre
See now the list of ancient professions that can be very strange!
- Bowling pinsetter: Yes, bowling employed people just to set the pins and it was quite common to see children doing this type of work!
- ice cutter: Before refrigerators, food had to be stored somehow. This is how the lucrative but dangerous profession of an ice cutter was born.
- Enemy Artillery Listener: Before the creation of radar, troops used a huge device to detect if there were enemy aircraft approaching.
- Industry reader: These professionals were hired to entertain, improve working conditions and help industrial workers.
- Powder Monkey: Name given to boys who worked alongside sailors on warships. His job was to handle gunpowder and even fuel the cannons.
- Phrenologist: This profession was based on the pseudoscience of phrenology, which relied on the bumps on the human skull to predict mental characteristics.
- Mason: Although there is still a profession with that name, in the past this term was used to identify who divided and moved blocks of stone.
- Human alarm clock: With job creation during the Industrial Revolution, countless villages sprang up around the industries. To avoid delays, a professional was in charge of waking people up in the morning.
- watch winder: Professionals who wound the clocks, keeping them active.
- Lamplighter: profession which involved lighting lamps in urban centers at a time when electrical lines did not yet exist or had not been implemented.
- telegraph operator: Before the advent of telephones, communication was done through the telegraph. Professionals were hired to send and receive messages, which had their own code.
Did you know any of these professions? Would you work with any of them?
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