Canada....this and that.

[Scott in the Sand]

July 1st. is Canada Day. Here are some things you may not know about Canada.
Inventions.

Insulin
Electron microscope
Java computer language
Kerosene
Pacemaker
Electric wheelchair
Jetliner
Odometer
Screw propeller
Automatic post sorter
Electric organ
Gramophone
IMAX movies
Standard time
Telephone
Television camera
Wilkie Talkies
The zipper
Egg cartoons
Snowblower
Trivial Pursuit
Paint roller
Lawn sprinkler
Green ink, (for money).
Mahogany gaspipe
Instant mashed potatoes
Electric stove
Plastic garbage bag
Lightbulb, ( Woodward invented and sold the patient to Edison in 1874 but Swan is probably first).
Plexiglass
Peanut butter
Canola oil
Undersea cable
Quartz clock
Basketball
Acetylene
A.M. radio.

That’ll do. Some on the list may not include the full story or credits. I took these from
Top 100 Inventions Made in Canada.

Anyway, Happy Canada Day on Monday!
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Of course, you forgot to mention that most of these inventions occured when Canada was just another detached county of Britain

 

[Flea]

Didn´t Sweden invent the pacemaker?

 

[VancouverWolf]

Didn´t Sweden invent the pacemaker?

As far as I know an American was the first to make an implantable one.

https://www.cbc.ca/2017/meet-the-canadian-engineer-who-casually-invented-the-pacemaker-1.4000971