Your country's best invention
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While that's kind of true, and Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland he spent most of his life in Canada, my home. He moved here at the age of twenty-three, meaning he invented the telephone here, not in Scotland.mark-the-stampede said:
So I offer you a question. What's your number two choice? We'll say the telephone is a wash and neither country can claim it.
I would have to say our greatest invention is the Blackberry, the mitochondrial mother of the modern smartphone.
Benz Patent Motorwagen - Germany.Skullkid4187 said:
Just saying!
As for Britain, my personal favourite is the all-moving tailplane. See the Americans and the British had an information sharing pact when we were both attempting to break the sound barrier. The American models' controls were locking up at speeds just approching the sound barrier. Turns out the flaps just weren't strong enough to withstand the airflow.
The British had a solution, the all-moving tailplane, where the entire control surface tilted. We let the Americans know, problem solved, and the Bell-X1 went supersonic without killing Chuck Yeager.
Everything was cool, apart for one thing.............the Americans took our design and never offered anything in return. Pact broken!
Since there's a lot of Canadians, I'll tell you some Swiss inventions...
-Absinthe
-LSD
-Milk Chocolate
-Modern Cereal
-Velcro
-Logitech
-Helped invent LCD displays
-The Internet as we know it (The Worldwide Web, WWW)
-Absinthe
-LSD
-Milk Chocolate
-Modern Cereal
-Velcro
-Logitech
-Helped invent LCD displays
-The Internet as we know it (The Worldwide Web, WWW)
Nuuuu-uuuuke!
America made the first nuclear bomb, and the first shuttle that could feasibly sustain human life.
America made the first nuclear bomb, and the first shuttle that could feasibly sustain human life.
Norway invented these:
Norwegians also like to believe we invented the paperclip, but that was in fact someone else, can't remember who though. But a Norwegian guy stole the credit. We did invent brown cheese though, a Norwegian delicassy.
Norwegians also like to believe we invented the paperclip, but that was in fact someone else, can't remember who though. But a Norwegian guy stole the credit. We did invent brown cheese though, a Norwegian delicassy.
Holy shit! I just discovered, Canada invented peanut butter. Take that George Washington Carver! Hmmm...what else, IMAX, Insulin, Easy-Off Oven Cleaner. The G-Suit that prevents fighter jet pilots from dying. This piece of kick-ass awesome:
The Canadarm (naturally), the Pager, the 56k modem, and time zones.
No, the Blackberry is still the best, I'm sorry.
The Canadarm (naturally), the Pager, the 56k modem, and time zones.
No, the Blackberry is still the best, I'm sorry.