It's human nature to try and predict the future, but unless you've got a crystal ball, chances are that you won't be accurate... however, this isn't always the case.
A list of predictions about what life would be like in 2023 is currently going viral after it was shared to social media, and they are scarily accurate. Watch below:
The list, which was originally shared to Twitter, began by explaining that back in 1923, people thought that the work day would be reduced to just four hours 'owing to the work of electricity'.
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While this hasn't quite happened (unless you're lucky enough to work part time), I think we can all agree that modern life has certainly made some jobs easier than they were 100 years ago.
However, the next prediction is a lot more accurate.
Back in 1923, people were expected to really comply to gender norms, especially women, but somehow it was predicted that a day would come when women would be shaving their heads.
The newspaper article added that 'men will be wearing curls', sarcastically signing off: "Won't we be pretty?"
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Another prediction that really caught the eye of TikToker Kaelyn was about the size of the world's population - namely, that there would be 300 million people living in the US.
She said: "As of July 1, 2022, we were at 333 million."
The TikToker then pointed out another prediction imagined that people would be able to fly from Chicago to Hamburg in just 18 hours.
This was made when flying 'had just been invented' and she noted that we managed to not only make this prediction come true, but achieve a flight of that length in just nine hours.
Another remarkable prediction made in 1923 was that 'people will begin the day not by reading the world's news but by listening to it.'
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"That one is very accurate," Kaelyn added.
She then delved into perhaps the spookiest prediction, which was about mobile phones.
The newspaper article said that 'watch-sized radio telephones will keep everybody in communication with the end of the earth.'
Stressing how remarkable this was, Kaelyn said: "In the early 1920s, you couldn't even dial phone numbers. You had to be connected to an operator every time you picked up the phone.
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"So the fact that they predicted we would have small phones that also broadcasted radio and [we'd be able to] talk on them and we could call anywhere in the world is kind of amazing."
As you can imagine, these predictions have gone down a storm with social media users, and Kaelyn's video has been liked over half a million times and counting.
One TikTok user joked: "I want my four hour work day."
"Time traveller def went back and spilled some secrets," added a second while a third wrote alongside a laughing emoji: "They predicted the google watch [sic]."
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You can read the full list of predictions here.
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