8 Outrageous Jobs You Won't Believe Actually Existed

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In old England, a knocker-upper acted as a human alarm clock. They used a long stick to tap on someone’s window to jolt a person awake for work without waking their neighbors. Phrenologists were people who would run their fingertips over someone’s head like a magical crystal ball in search of any telling elevations. Before the age of automated pin setting in bowling alleys, there was a time when teenage boys, called "pinsetters," sat at the end of a bowling lane waiting to pick up a set of knocked down pins. A throwback to the jobs of the good—yet strange—ol’ days. Knocker-Upper coyot / PixabaySee the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Jeff Bezos on breaking up and regulating AmazonSee Also:This is what the McDonald's menu looked like the year you were born9 workouts that don't burn as many calories as you'd think12 things your sex therapist wants you to know

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