I’m sure you won’t know what it is. Go ahead and prove me wrong (if you can)

You would be completely forgiven for not knowing what this thing is. But, we guess you really want to know! This fun looking object that looks like a vial or some sort of carrier is actually a 1930s vacuum cleaner known as Hercules! This retro vacuum cleaner is a far cry from the vacuum cleaners we have today. In fact, right now I’m watching my Roomba® clean my floor as I type this! Can you imagine what life must have been like back then? How exciting and innovative was such a machine for its time? And yet today we all take for granted how easy our lives have become thanks to technology and progress.

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