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The Discovery of Fire

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    Fire
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    Our first true piece of technology
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    Such a very long time ago
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    It was a gift from the Titan Prometheus
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    A gift that he stole
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    From the gods
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    Who were terrified
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    What we might do with it were it to fall into our hairy little paws.
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    Which begs the question
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    What have we done with it?
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    100,000 BC
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    Stone tools
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    4,000 BC
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    The wheel
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    800 BC
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    Sundial
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    9th century A.D
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    Gun powder
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    1441
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    The printing press
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    19th century
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    Steam engine
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    Railway!
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    Eureka! The light bulb!
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    20th century
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    The automobile
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    Television
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    Nuclear weapons
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    Space craft
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    Internet
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    All because he gave us fire
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    Our first true piece of technology
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    We wield an incredible power
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    The power to transform
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    To destroy
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    and to create in him
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    Which leads to an obvious conclusion
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    We
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    are the gods now.
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    (subtitles by Samengelf)
Title:
The Discovery of Fire
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:06

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