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What We Did Before

Before modern inventions and conveniences, humans had ingenious ways of solving problems. So how exactly did humans survive before fridges, without clothes or before surnames were invented?

Find out the answers to these questions and more, on What We Did Before - the podcast that explores the history of modern inventions.

Hosted by Ollie Guillou and Matt Pyle.

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