Who Invented The Automobile?
While there may have been some other contributors, the credit of this invention goes to Karl Benz who had created the first automobile.
Who Invented The Airplane?
The Wright brothers had taken an interest in flying at a very young age. With the help of their parents, the brothers worked endlessly to build and design the first-ever airplane.
Who Invented The Clock?
After using the sun to determine what time of day it is, Peter Henlien decided it was time to create a universal time telling device. Thus was born, the clock.
Who Invented The Radio?
Although there is a debate on whether Guglielmo Marconi or Nikola Tesla had invented the radio, ultimately, Tesla is credited with this invention.
Who Invented The Mirror?
People in Mesopotamia and Anatolia had used polished rocks as "mirrors," but the mirror that we all know today is credited to Justus Von Liebig.
Who Invented The Typewriter?
People began using typewriters with carbon paper in the 1800s, both of which were invented by the same person, Pellegrino Turri.
Who Invented The Bicycle?
Karl von Drais had created a four-wheeled human powered machine and realized that it wasn't as easy to operate. This led him to his two wheeled invention, which was referred to as a "hobby horse." Today, bicycles look vastly different than what he had originally made.
Who Invented The Lightbulb?
Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the lightbulb, but many others had contributed to the perfection of the device.
Who Invented The Phonograph?
Thomas Edison was the first person to create a device that not only would record sound, but it would also play it back for you.
Who Invented The Flashlight?
David Misell invented the first flashlight that was powered by batteries and had an on and off switch.
Who Invented Velcro?
George de Mestral invented velco and it was later popularized by astronauts in the 1960s.
Who Invented The X-Ray?
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays when he noticed that radiation was able to go through thick screens. The name "X-ray" was to note that their nature was unknown.
Who Invented The Portable Camera?
Johann Zahn invented the first portable camera, but it was not widely used until almost 130 years later when the camera gained popularity.
Who Invented The Battery?
Alessandro Volta invented the battery in 1800 by stacking discs of copper and zinc which were separated by cloth soaked in salt water.
Who Invented Television?
Philo Farnsworth wasn't the first person to think of television, but he was the first person to invent it without it having a mechanical aspect.
Who Invented The Computer?
Charles Babbage created the "Difference Engine," which was a digital device that operated on discrete digits and also had space for storage.
Who Invented The Ballpoint Pen?
László BÃró invented the modern day ballpoint pen when he was in need of a pen that wouldn't smudge or dry out quickly.
Who Invented Electricity?
Electricity is a natural force, meaning that no one had "invented" this. But Benjamin Franklin is credited to discovering how electricity works and how we could use it.
Who Invented Paper?
Cai Lun was able to refine the steps of producing paper, giving us what we know as paper today.
Who Invented Plastic?
Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic in 1907.
Who Invented The Refrigerator?
Albert T. Marshall was the first person to invent a mechanical refrigerator in 1899.
Who Invented The Printing Press?
Johannes Gutenberg first invented the printing press and used it to print his own edition of the Bible in 1455.
Who Invented Steel?
Henry Bessemer is credited to delevoping the process to manufacture steel, which led to what we now know as the Bessemer converter.
Who Invented Contraceptives?
Margaret Sanger developed the use of contraceptives after her mother had passed away due to how her body was unable to handle 11 births and 7 miscarriages.
Who Invented The Atomic Bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theorectical physicist who was responsible for the research and design of atomic bombs.
Who Invented The Eraser?
Edward Nairne invented the first marketed rubber eraser while he was in an inventions competition.
Who Invented Digital Music?
Karlheinz Brandenburg created a way for music to be transformed into an MPEG, which means "Moving Pictures Experts Group."
Who Invented The ATM?
In 1966, James Goodfellow was the first person to patent an automated cash machine, but many of others have taken this credit from him.
Who Invented LED?
Nick Holonyak invented the first visible LED light and was named "Father of the light-emitting diode."
Who Invented The MRI?
Raymond Damadian first created the MRI when he was researching sodium and potassium in living cells, which caused him to experiment with nuclear magnetic resonance.
Who Invented DNA Fingerprinting?
Alec Jeffreys invented the first technology for investigators to use at crime scenes. This technology is known as DNA Fingerprinting.
Who Invented Matches?
John Walker first discovered the friction match, which was a combination of sulfer and other materials on a wooden stick.
Who Invented The Stapler?
The first stapler was built for King Louis XV in the 18th century by Charles Henry Gould.
Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle?
This mind game was first known as the "word-cross" puzzle and was created by Arthur Wynne in 1913.
Who Invented Traffic Lights?
James Hoge create the traffic light system in 1914. Traffic lights today still use his methods and design at intersections.
Who Invented The Railway?
In 1830, George Stephenson built a railway for people to travel back and forth from Liverpool and Manchester.
Who Invented Barbed Wire?
Lucien B. Smith created barbed wire as a cheap and efficient way to create a barrier.
Who Invented Email?
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was the first person to send an email across two computers.
Who Invented Stamps?
Rowland Hill was the first person to discover a way to offer postal delivery, which led to the introduction to stamps.
Who Invented The Telegraph?
Samuel Morse demonstrated that signals could be transmitted though wire using morse code.
Quizzes
Everyone loves quizzes, but why?
Well, it seems that our passion for quizzes comes from the fact that they are an insight into our own life story and that, deep down, human beings find comfort in being a type, in being part of some group. We are always searching for a better understanding of ourselves, of who we are as human beings, but also as unique individuals.
One of the reasons why personality quizzes are so popular is that they are a way for us to dig deeper into our inner selves and get to know ourselves.
Steven Myers, a professor of psychology, explains about quizzes, “you could introspect and think about yourself, however that has its limits… when we take these self-assessments, they give us another mirror inward.”
Although we are all unique and original beings in our individuality, no one can deny being reassured when they feel they are part of a group, a type, in some way. We naturally feel good when we fit into a box, and personality quizzes offer exactly what we are looking for: confirmation that we fit a certain type, just like millions of other people.
