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The most importent invention by state

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Jun 27 '17, 13:35

I thought Nebraska might be Kool-Aid, but leave it to the flattest state in the union to invent the ski lift.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-most-important-inventions-to-come-from-each-state-in-one-map-2017-06-23?siteid=YAHOOB (www.marketwatch.com)

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The airplane wasn't invented in North Carolina, it was just first flown there. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 15:09 1
- ^THIS^ -- nm - Ender Jun 27, 16:11
I heard some of this on the radio yesterday. illinois was.. interesting, compared to so many of the others. -- nm - b. Jun 27, 13:45
The credit card? Booo. We invented air conditioning and toilet paper. I live just fine without a credit card but without the other two life would suck -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:43 8
- as far as toilet paper goes, Wikipedia takes a dump on that (see what I did there?) -- (link) - c Jun 27, 13:51 1
  - The article I read left out the part about inventing commercially available TP. - Krusty Jun 27, 13:53
- NJ is claiming A/C -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 13:44 1
  - I'm sure Edison stole something that they can claim for NJ. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:50
- evidently NJ disputes what you say -- nm - crash davis Jun 27, 13:44 3
  - Carrier was born in NY, did most of his work in NY and came up with the invention in NY. He started Carrier in NY before later moving to NJ. - Krusty Jun 27, 13:48 2
    - Welcome to the club. -- nm - Ohio Jun 27, 13:49 1
      - Oof. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:50
I was gonna say ... - ReluctantCynic Jun 27, 13:39 1
- makes sense, the first ski lift probably wasn't powerful so it could only reach the top of NE ski slopes -- nm - crash davis Jun 27, 13:54
Apparently they couldn't come up with a North Carolina invention. -- nm - Ender Jun 27, 13:38 1
- heh - still a sore subject, eh? - crash davis Jun 27, 13:46
Idaho surprised me. NJ surprised me b/c not South. NY did NOT surprise me - ty97 Jun 27, 13:36 8
- Were you expecting a potato cannon? - crash davis Jun 27, 13:41 5
  - We did invent the potato chip. You're welcome world. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:43 2
    - some people would find ID's invention intolerable without the potato chip -- nm - crash davis Jun 27, 13:45 1
      - True. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:51
  - No, come on now! - ty97 Jun 27, 13:42 1
    - fair enough :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 27, 13:44
- FL *really* surprised me - ty97 Jun 27, 13:39 1
  - I would have assumed it was here as well. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:52

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