Infographic of The Day: the Greatest Inventions of All Time

The internet and onion chips were included on the list.

British publishing house Raconteur created an infographic about the most important inventions of humankind. Over 400 specialists in the different fields: engineers, academics, tech journalists from The Guardian and Forbes and even NASA astronauts participated in the survey.


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The World Wide Web was named number one invention, number two – printing press, number three – the wheel. Writing, electricity and language were listed next. On the list of Most Outlandish were: bikini, cheese and onion chips, beer, shoelaces and sandwich.


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