What invention ?

banjo

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Oct 25, 2011

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Deep south

• Sep 23, 2013

• #1

What of mans inventions have changed the world the most ?

 

Nibble

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Jan 3, 2007

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #2

Money.

 

Trufflehound

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Aug 5, 2003

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The democratic and free EU

• Sep 23, 2013

• #3

The hover car.

 

Trufflehound

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Aug 5, 2003

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The democratic and free EU

• Sep 23, 2013

• #4

If not the hover car, then the correct answer is of course: religion.

 

Titanic

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Jul 5, 2003

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West Sussex

• Sep 23, 2013

• #5

The gun.

 

supaseagull

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Feb 19, 2004

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The United Kingdom of Mile Oak

• Sep 23, 2013

• #6

Nibble said:

Money.

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currency has always been around in some form...

I would go with the wheel

 

Badger

NOT the Honey Badger

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May 8, 2007

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Toronto

• Sep 23, 2013

• #7

Pickled Onion Monster Munch

 

hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.

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Mar 16, 2005

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Chandlers Ford

• Sep 23, 2013

• #8

Those electric apple peelers.

 

upthealbion1970

bring on the trumpets....

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Jan 22, 2009

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Woodingdean

• Sep 23, 2013

• #9

Antibiotics

 

glasfryn

cleaning up cat sick

Nov 29, 2005

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somewhere in Eastbourne

• Sep 23, 2013

• #10

supaseagull said:

currency has always been around in some form...

I would go with the wheel

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exactly this

 

catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy

Dec 17, 2010

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Worthing

• Sep 23, 2013

• #11

The plough.

 

Hillian1

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Jul 15, 2010

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Struggling for breath at the top of the stairs

• Sep 23, 2013

• #12

Kettle.

 

Bladders

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Jun 22, 2012

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The Troubadour

• Sep 23, 2013

• #13

Beer

 

Nibble

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Jan 3, 2007

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #14

supaseagull said:

currency has always been around in some form...

I would go with the wheel

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Well yes, since it was invented. That was exactly my point.

 

upthealbion1970

bring on the trumpets....

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Woodingdean

• Sep 23, 2013

• #15

internet

 

Nibble

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #16

The wheel wasn't a particularly life changing invention for many years. No transport or farming equipment could go faster than a horse for thousands of years anyway.

 

T

turienzo's lovechild

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Oct 25, 2003

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #17

organised religion

 

martyn20

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Aug 4, 2012

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Burgess Hill

• Sep 23, 2013

• #18

The Beta Blocker

 

Nibble

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Jan 3, 2007

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #19

I'd agree with Religion and gunpowder.

 

easynow

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Mar 17, 2013

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jakarta

• Sep 23, 2013

• #20

the printing press - it spread information like never before.

Electricity

Concrete

the integrated circuit/ transistor

the scientific method

Symbolism/language

fire is also pretty useful