Forgotten Jobs That Quietly Built the World You Live In
21K views · Aug 20, 2026 · Education
Comments · 23
@historicdave1 · 1 month ago · pinned
Every one of these eight jobs left something behind that you used today without<br>noticing. Which one genuinely surprised you - and what job you know of do you<br>think is next on this list?
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@ProudDad1976 · 1 month ago
I hope your channel grows quickly, the work you do shows.
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@grahamhopkinson8932 · 3 weeks ago
Who knocked up the person who knocked the knocker up up?
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@14tippy · 3 weeks ago
i sleep with no clock, always waking up at 600, i start at 730
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@pixiechick92 · 1 month ago
Keep up the good work. Your new videos are so damn good 👍
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@haroldmiller381 · 3 weeks ago
Dude even says more than one example of how the got up and all these dam who got the knocker up questions
@kgthompson5814 · 1 month ago
I'm related to Edmund Haley.
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@HowardARoark · 3 weeks ago
So the knocker-upper guy - how did he manage to get up?
@mikenusser8444 · 5 days ago
When he said the rat catcher was named Jack Black did anyone else picture him as the modern day Jack Black?
@erikclark3178 · 3 weeks ago
Thank you for your videos. Fascinating stuff.
@gardnerhill9073 · 2 weeks ago
Boomer here. I was friends with someone whose older brother dated a telephone operator. To this day I still know how to use a rotary phone! (Trivia: That "shk-a-tt-tt" sound effect in the Beatles song "Come Together" is to mimic the sound of using a dial phone.)
@NathanBrown-u3c · 3 weeks ago (edited)
That is a good idea America could use a similar program.
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