Amazing Things That Are Already 100 Years Old (16 pics)

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This person's grandma who can do a plank at 100 years old:

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This article about climate change from 1912:

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This radioactive water from 100 years ago:

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These people in Barbados who got stamps for turning 100:

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This person's mercury dime that was made in 1923:

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This pocket knife that was gifted to someone's great-grandfather by the King of Sweden over 100 years ago:

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And this house that someone's great-grandfather built using a Sears home kit in 1916, which was restored 100 years later:

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This do's and don'ts "influenza prevention" list from the 1918 Spanish flu, with extremely similar guidelines to the COVID-19 pandemic:

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This photo of what the trenches in France from World War I look like today:

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This "Cynthia" rhododendron on Vancouver Island:

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These gears from a 100-year-old clock someone is restoring:

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This cough syrup that contains some absolutely wild ingredients:

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This quilt that a little girl's great-great-great grandmother made over 100 years ago:

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This yearbook from 1924:

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And finally, this photo that shows the stark contrast between automobiles from over 100-years-ago, and automobiles now: