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First gun invented that required only one man and was hand held
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Alessandro Volta invented the galvanic cell, the battery.
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Joseph Nicephore Niepce took the first permanent camera image in 1826. Cameras had been around as camera obscura since 500 BC but never allowed a permanent image. Cameras had come a long way and have made media what it is today.
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Invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Used voice transmission over a wire. Telephone transmits and receives sounds.
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Wright brothers finally perform their first two flights with a powered airplane
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Was invented by Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1909. Made up of organic condensation. Is commercially used and very important and useful to people all over the world in many ways.
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Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming. It changed medicine forever and antibiotics are now used for many ailments.
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Mcdonalds is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. They get sued by the obese for the obese's poor eating habits. They also, surprisingly, happen to have the healthiest food choices of any fast food restaurant if one chooses from these healthy alternatives.
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Digital computers were first invented between 1940-1945 and were the size of a large room and took the same power it would take to power hundreds of modern PCs. Once the transistor was invented, computers began to advance very rapidly and decrease in size and power but increasing abilities and speed. The modern world is nearly run by computers from sewage systems to the stock market.
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The First Nuclear test released an equivalent of 19 kilotons of TNT- Far more than any other weapon. Tested at in the desert north of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The atomic Bomb changed warfare forever.
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From 1973 on, the internet began to form into what it is today
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The navigational compass was first invented by the Chinese between 850 and 1050. The compass allowed people to navigate much more easily as they always knew which direction they were heading.
