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The Greatest Inventions In The Past 1000 Years
Dept of History Ohio State ^
| January 21, 2022
| Larry Gormley
Posted on 09/04/2022 9:39:15 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: abb
“Steam engine.”
I agree. The steam engine should be on the list.
To: BitWielder1
The washing machine. Yes, and refrigeration.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:24:58 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: gunsequalfreedom
I’ve long maintained that the three greatest inventions/developments of the twentieth century were air conditioning, Novocain and rock and roll. Life without these would be a whole lot worse for me. And that’s what matters. To me.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:33:47 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: gunsequalfreedom
The top two inventions in the last 10,000 years:
1) toilet paper
2) finger-nail clippers
Period!
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:34:26 AM PDT
by
Montana_Sam
(Truth lives.)
To: Sarcazmo
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:35:02 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: gunsequalfreedom
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:38:41 AM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: Grampa Dave
"BCE"
I stopped watching shows because they were using BCE instead of BC.. :P
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:39:43 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
Antibiotics has to be near the top.
To: Nifster
You forgot monkeypox! How important is THAT! (It is, after all, 'Pride Day' in
CalQueergary, Alberta today, so you can't forget getting a pox on your monkey!)
/sarc
To: riverrunner
Indoor plumbing.
—
Romans had it.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:46:04 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Grampa Dave
Waterborne ships and the navigational skills to go to where you wanted go, and the ability to come home to your home port.
—
Even the Old Kingdom Egyptians had that.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:47:17 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: gunsequalfreedom
Sewer pipes and treatment plants.
To: gunsequalfreedom
Fossil fuel energy and specifically Natural Gas which made energy cheap, enabled the mass production of fertilizer, energy intensive industries possible, and enabled the population of the world to quadruple since 1940-1950
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:51:16 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: gunsequalfreedom
Hi.
The bidet, Gatorade and women’s contact football.
I apologize.
I should hit the “abuse” button.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:51:26 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
Nitrocellulose in 1845 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein
Guncotton was the first nitrogenated hydrocarbon high explosive and the father of all smokeless powders and high explosives. Nuclear weapons cannot be triggered without high explosives.
Nitrocellulose is the basis of celluloid which enabled roll photographic film, motion pictures, etc.
Celluloid is the first plastic used for things like billiard balls. Modern electronics is impossible without plastic insulators.
To: castlebrew
The Romans had clean drinking water 2000+ years ago.
To: Karoo; Maceman
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:54:36 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Fido969
I knew a smart guy that had real trouble with that one.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:56:03 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: BobL
Leftists are out TO DESTROY civilized life.
To: crusty old prospector
Sewer pipes and treatment plants.
The Hardy Cross method.
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posted on
09/04/2022 10:59:26 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
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