The
English Language, The world-wide web, submarines, logarithms,
desalination, accurate clocks, steam engines, the seed drill, baseball,
football, cricket, hockey, horse racing, drainage, sociology, the theory
of evolution, vaccines, percussion firearms, electromagnets, combine
harvesters, light bulbs, bicycle pedals, chemical fertilisers, Boolean
logic, hypodermic needles, traffic lights, tractors, LED lighting,
television, the jet engine, knowledge of the structure of DNA, the
atomic clock, carbon fibre, ATM machines, pocket calculators, the
Beatles, The rolling Stones, modern pop music, Donald Trump (sorry),
IVF, DNA profiling, the detective novel, text messaging, graphene, bone
china, the powered cloth loom, Christmas cards, Valentines cards, the
typewriter, pneumatic tyres, vulcanised rubber, modern printing, the
stored programme computer, the portable MP3 player, adjustable spanners,
backhoes, microchips, superchargers, prams, vacuum cleaners, lawn
mowers, rubber bands, tin cans, the corkscrew, the mouse trap, flushing
toilets, fire extinguishers, magnifying glasses, sunglasses, the
toothbrush, the kaleidoscope, macintosh rain-wear, marmalade, matches,
Wellington Boots, sandwiches, Anglicanism (sorry), Methodism (sorry),
Quakers, agnosticism, steel, float glass, extrusion moulding, surgical
forceps, surgical antisepsis, anaesthesia, aspirin, ibuprofen,
beta-blockers, the Smallpox Vaccine, blood transfusion, treatment of
Epilepsy, modern nursing, clinical thermometer, ECG, vitamins, synthetic
insulin, antibiotics, in vitro fertilisation, CT scans, Viagra, hip
replacements, the artificial kidney, the tank, aircraft carriers, stun
grenades, torpedoes, special forces, concertinas, cinematography, atomic
theory, calculus, theory of gravity, slide rule, theory of plate
tectonics, atomic power, atomic bombs (sorry), tennis, boxing, golf,
billiards, darts, netball, aeronautics, ailerons, HUD displays,
railways, disc brakes, hovercraft, SCUBA equipment, sextant, octant,
screw propeller, marine chronometer, hydrofoil, hypnotism, RADAR,
fingerprinting, MRI scans, police forces, crossword puzzles, plasticine,
matches, the Scouts, the YMCA, the Salvation Army, The Bank of England,
the Bank of Scotland.
I'm sure there are lots more but I'm getting tired!
I'm sure there are lots more but I'm getting tired!
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