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What Didn't Exist The Last Time The Cubs Won The World Series

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What Didn't Exist The Last Time The Cubs Won The World Series
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The Chicago Cubs won the World Series this past week for the first time since 1908, meaning that their curse has finally lifted. I am from Chicago, and grew up wondering if they were ever going to win. I decided that they simply wouldn’t, we were cursed and that was that. That is why this win was so incredibly exciting. Experiencing the win was difficult since I was born and raised in the Chicago area but moved to a different state. Live-streaming the parade and watching the final game was tough to experience because no one in Washington state seemed very excited. The last time the team I was raised to love (AKA not the White Sox) won was before anyone alive today could walk or talk. The excitement has been building for 108 years. This article is just a little look into exactly how long ago 1908 was. What didn’t exist the last time the Cubs won the World Series?

  1. Zip Codes

Zip codes were created in 1963.

2. Tissues

Tissues were invented in 1924.

3. The state of Alaska

Alaska became a state in 1959.

4. Microwave ovens

Percy Spencer filed a patent on it in 1945.

5. Televisions

The first time television was successfully displayed was in 1927. To let this sink in even more, this means that the world has never seen the Cubs win the World Series unless they had been sitting inside the stadium in 1908.

6. The Post-It

These were first developed in 1968.

7. Velcro

Velcro was created in 1948

8. Sunglasses

The first successful version of these were made in 1929.

9. Hawaii

Hawaii, like Alaska, became a state in 1959.

10. Roll on Deodorant

Apparently, people were stinky until the 1950s.

11. Arizona

Arizona became a state in 1912.

And there you have it. Think about a world without all of these lovely amenities! Also, now you are living in a world where the Cubs have won the World Series. Who could have guessed that the next time they won the world would have Google and computers? Obviously, all true Cubs fans did.

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