History

The UK of the 19th century (Industrial Age) was about thousands of mines and factories, and hundreds of thousands of workers who were required to be on site early in the morning. 

Not to oversleep, they’d hire special alarm clocks. A human alarm clock known - “knocker-up” (knocker-upper) would trawl the streets, armed with stick or a pea shooter, and wake paying customers in time for work.

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thank god i wasn’t born by then or i’d have been arrested 🙏🏻

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This historical knowledge is really good,
I never knew about human notification.