...scarlet coats began to give way to knaki.
...combat aircraft standardised at a monoplane design.
...the American rebels succeeded.
...it became widely accepted that frozen vegetables were useful for anything but feeding undiscriminating porcines.
...we had to recognise that not knowing the difference between China and Russia, the capital of a country one intended to invade, or what one's policies would actually be in the event of one's election, were not barriers to running for one of the most powerful offices in the world.
...the piano displaced the harpsichord as the prestige solo keyboard instrument.
...special effects replaced acting in popular movies.
...Bohemonde held on to Antioch, in defiance of the terms of alliance.
...gold was discovered in the Transvaal.
...fantasy wargamers started using forces of which a single figure weighed more than an entire real army, and cost more too.

BUT I'm sure other people have their own farthing's worth to add.

Yes, I have some:
...khaki coats began to give way to camo.
...combat aircraft acquired silicon brains.
...the Americans began to speak English
...it became widely accepted that using electricity to freeze vegetables was worth the cost.
...we began to long for the days of simply muddling through.
...VHS displaced Beta as the most popular recording technology
...green screens replaced locations.
...'Stonewall' Jackson forgot to duck.
...oil was discovered in the Middle East.
...Historic wargamers started using stiff wire with pointy ends for pikes.
...Government officials were put in charge of the distribution of toilet paper.

On a meta level
...the monolith taught us to bash in heads with a handy piece of bone.

Cheers,
Aksu

...drum machines replaced real drums
...Lemmy left Hawkwind
...Glen left the Pistols
...Topper got hooked on smack

Some of mine to be going on with  

Cheers
Ian

Forgot to add:
...a novelist had to spend years under a death sentence from a foreign dictator for writing an intelligent and entertaining book.

"Big Bang Theory Theme" performed by The Barenaked Ladies

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery,
That all started with the big bang (bang)!

"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and Pangaea
See ya wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big bang!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will pause and start to go the other way.
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it won't be heard
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating how we're here, they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy (Descartes or Deuteronomy)
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big... bang!

... I thought Italian tanks in WWII looked pretty
... Simon Cowell
... I thought Spanish uniforms in the Napoleonic wars looked smart
... Trevor Francis was thought to be worth £1m
... I thought I could take on Pz IIIs with T35s
... Windows 98
... I thought it was a good idea to take on horse archers with an infantry force ... on a plain
... Phones became smarter than their users

   

https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g

Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 November 2016, 03:40:08 PM
https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g

"Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Burn" - Michael Caine (as Alfred Pennyworth)