10 Centuries-Old Predictions That Actually Came True

3. Ready Meals

When: 1900 Where: 'What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years' by John Elfreth Watkins In wasn't just in matters of electrically powered technology that Watkins had sage-like abilities in predicting. Watkins was also correct in thinking that ready-made meals would be popular with future earthlings: "Ready-cooked meals will be bought from establishment similar to our bakeries of today." Microwavable meals from supermarkets are immensely popular, and there are a high number of establishments dedicated purely to takeaway meals rather than having sit-in restaurants. Of course, Watkins also thought that meals would be delivered on plates that would then have to be returned, rather than the disposable containers that are generally used.