Beyond Our Time: Exploring Ingenious Inventions Around The World (44 PICS)

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In the UK, there are emergency buttons on elevator floors in case you've collapsed.

Belgium has the same thing in their train bathrooms.

In Rome, Italy, there are UPS delivery bikes for narrow streets and alleyways.

You can actually move this headrest from a transport in Denmark to whatever height you need.

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There's a ski resort in Japan that uses saltwater sprinklers to keep pavement from getting too icy and dangerous.

Belgian supermarkets have special parking spots close to the store just for pregnant women.

In Italy, bottle caps stay attached to bottles so you don't drop or lose them.

This Norway bus stop has books so you won't be bored waiting for your bus.

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And Spain has a book vending machine, so if you forgot your book and you're on the go, you can quickly grab a new one!

The Auckland airport in New Zealand has a child's toilet and an adult toilet in a single stall for parents.

Speaking of toilets...there are places in Japan where you can see a full layout of toilets that are occupied, so you don't have to awkwardly try opening stalls that have people in them.

In Germany, there's a boat drive-thru for McDonald's in case you get hungry cruising down the river.

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In Canada, there's bike repair equipment on the bike paths, in case you run into trouble.

In China, there's a McDonald's that sends down the food on a conveyer belt from the floor above. (Okay, maybe this one isn't convenient, but I still think it's cool, okay?)

There's a mini sink at Norwegian Burger Kings so you can empty your drink before throwing it in the trash.

This Italian supermarket has knee-activated water faucets so you don't have to turn on the faucet with dirty hands, then turn it off with clean ones.

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Lisbon, Portugal has an open-air escalator (why aren't there more of these???).

Police cars in Japan can raise their blinking lights so it's easier for people to see them above other cars.

You can get mini gloves that just cover your fingers in South Korea — they often come with pizza or chips.

South Korean cakes also usually come with candles and matches — all inside a free cake knife.

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Some toilets in Copenhagen, Denmark have special bins in each stall to hold your electronics while you're using the bathroom.

And finally, in Australia, your tax returns share where your taxes actually went.



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Arminda 10 month s ago
#20
Why the hell do you need to bring your dog to the grocery store? fool
       
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Mena 10 month s ago
Arminda,
Because your dog may well be the only friendly living thing you encounter while there.
       
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Judy 10 month s ago
Arminda,
To help with the self-checkout.
       
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Felix 10 month s ago
Arminda,

because in the car it will die from heat, and lashed in front of the shop it will bark at everyone
       
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Bradford 10 month s ago
Arminda,
Because people are dumb. These fleaballs do not belong in stores.
       
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Gabrielle 10 month s ago
Arminda,
Better than your screaming kids!
       
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Sibbie 10 month s ago
Arminda,

because they care about their pets and don't want to leave them home alone.
       
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Zachy 10 month s ago
Arminda,

do not judge people from your POV.... its not everywhere the same and people may walk to the store... so they bring their pets on the walk as well.... would you leave your dog outside? i dont.
       
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Evelyn 10 month s ago
#23 #24 why tho? lots pf people suddenly collapsed from blood clots or heart failures?
       
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Salvador 10 month s ago
Evelyn,
Sh#t happens.
       
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Ralph 10 month s ago
Evelyn,
Normally you'll feel unwell before you collapse, so you go to the bathroom, lock it, collapse and die. When I had my first aid course a few months ago teacher told us to look for people looking uncomfortable and leaving the room cause it's a thing that people get food stuck in their throat, leave the room cause they don't want to make a mess in front of their colleagues and suffocate outside. Humans are idiots when it comes to emergencies.
       
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Samuel 10 month s ago
A few of these are cool but most of them illustrate how weak and helpless humankind is becoming.
       
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Floyd 10 month s ago
       
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Andrew 10 month s ago
#22
Those theater beds should be in the front so people can just lay down and look at the screen. Wouldn't be the worst seats in the theater any more.
       
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Tal 10 month s ago
Actually, IDK if # 30 is a good thing. To me, that's them saying "you'll be waiting for awhile, here, read a book. It'll be a chapter or 2 before the bus arrives".
       
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Mitzi 10 month s ago
#12 This is admirable. In case you need to vomit or defecate, or just spit. acute
       
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Wilber 10 month s ago
#8 except you can't stack them
       
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Manny 10 month s ago
Wilber, Yeah, well americans are the only ones that eat 3 or 4 pizza's at a time.
       
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Mena 10 month s ago
Manny,
Envious, aren't you?
       
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Wilber 10 month s ago
Manny, I'm not one of the sad people of the world who eats pizza alone.
       
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Claudia 10 month s ago
Manny,

What, you don't have a FAMILY? Or have PARTIES? Sad. 35
       
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Mitzi 10 month s ago
#30 No, the books belong to the bus driver. tongue
       
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Raymond 10 month s ago
#44 Damn we need this everywhere.
       
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Emanuel 10 month s ago
Raymond,

Which category(s) does environmental grifters fall under?
       
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Sibbie 10 month s ago
#29 Also in the Netherlands, but to reduce waste.
       
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Zachy 10 month s ago
#41 hey plastic straws are bad! ban them! then we have this BS..... its finger food FFS, if you do not wanna eats it with yourd hands do not order that.... what an unnecessary plastic waste.
       
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