Friday, July 11, 2008

Incorrect


“Every technological advance we’ve made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.”

-Sen. John McCain


+ The Internal Combustion Engine / Automobile (Germany)
+ The Jet Engine (Germany / Italy / Great Britain)
+ Radio Communication (Italy)
+ Sonar (Great Britain / Germany)
+ Binary computers (Germany)
+ Radar (debatable, but largely Great Britain)
+ Radiation Therapy (Britain)
+ The Maser, predecessor to the Laser (USSR)
+ The Helicopter (France)
+ The Modern Ballpoint Pen (Hungary)
+ The Three-point Seat-belt (Sweden)
+ Anti-lock brakes (France)

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