20 THINGS INVENTED SINCE 1908

AS MANKIND ADVANCES - THE CUBS DO NOT.

In 1908 the Wright Brothers "crazy" flying machine was five years old.

There was more craziness to come, but NOT Cubs Championships.

Why not? See THE CURSE OF THE GOAT

20 THINGS INVENTED SINCE 1908

1914 - The Tank A British invention, it was great against trench warfare.

1923 - Television Possibly mankind's greatest invention. Now, in COLOR!

1927 - Pez Candy The candy was invented to help people quit smoking.

(the famous dispensers would come later)

1930 - Frozen food Larry Birdseye patented the process.

(yes, that was his REAL name)

1938 - Strobe light Ironically came out the same time as the movie "Reefer Madness".

1939 - The Helicopter Igor Sikorsky's "crazy" flying machine.

1943 - The Slinky EVERYONE LOVES A SLINKY!

1945 - Nukes Very bad short and long term affects.

1947 - Polaroid Camera You don't HAVE to shake it, but you CAN if you want to, baby!

1951 - Liquid Paper Michael Nesmith of The Monkees MOTHER invented this!

(YES, that's true. Here's her Wiki page - Bette Nesmith Graham )

1952 - Pez Dispensers They STILL make these!

1958 - Hula Hoop They still make these, too.

1964 - Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Issue Who was this chick?

1972 - Pong THE ORIGINAL Video Game! Provided hour of enjoyment!

1977 - Cell Phone The first ones were like army walkie-talkies.

1984 - Macintosh This had the power of TWO cell phones!

1985 - Windows 1.0 Opened the PC to everyone. Bugs included.

1988 - Prozac Followed by the drugs repressitol and phukitol.

1993 - Global Positioning System or GPS Allows people to watch a map on a screen in the car.

2001 - Segway By 2005, every human being will have a Segway, a job, and a home to Segway to and from.

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