I remember watching The Hurt Locker (starring Jeremy Renner), the movie is meant to depict the Iraq War in 2004 but for some reason there’s a scene where an iPod Touch (releases in 2007), XBOX 360 (releases in 2005) and Gears of War (releases in 2006) present in the barracks even though these did not exist yet. Another anachronism from this movie is when a American soldier spots an Iraqi recording him ready on uploading the footage via YouTube (the website didn’t exist yet until 2005 when the story is set in 2004).

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    2 days ago

    Teeth.

    American period films almost always have the main characters with super-white gnashers.

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      But that’s correct.

      Tooth decay was fairly rare until sugar became widely available in the 19th century with the invention of the steam powered sugar mill.