46 Incredibly Interesting Bits of Trivia That Sound Made Up But Aren’t

Oftentimes, we’re quite surprised to find out which technologies were invented before and after each other. It’s almost like our contemporary minds decided which things were more “modern” and which things were more “olden-day,” even though sometimes the distinctions have more to do with aesthetics than anything else.

Yet, in this case, it seems entirely logical that Jell-O is an older technology than the zipper. Jell-O is just a liquid solidified using a chemical reaction, whereas the zipper is an engineering marvel that many of its most consistent users can’t understand.