Canadians!
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I am doing a piece on Canada. Can anyone list some of the greatest contributions, discoveries and inventions that have come from and out of Canada?
thx
- gorion0
10$ strippers
- cola0
This is going to be a minimalist type of piece I take it?
- Plusone0
lol!
- designerror0
wayne gretzky #99
- jox0
Terrance & Phillip
- Plusone0
come on! there has to be one world contribution that came from Canada! There must be something big that changed or contributed to this world in some way!
- elms0
celine dion...
- mongo0
superman
- Warland0
Basketball. Insulin. The Telephone. Peacekeeping. Superman. Wireless Radio. The zipper. Walkie Talkies. Kerosene. A few other things we find useful in everyday life.
- unfittoprint0
sanity in North America.
- jox0
Border guard saying that "Canada is not part of the US"
Metric System: Kilometers, Kilometers per hour
The Nothingness, similar to the "Nothing" in the Never Ending Story. Actually very similar to the movie itself: They both are too long and suck.
"Canada Talk"
The Presence of not only English but French on every sign. Wow.
Tim Horton's (What the fuck?)
Mounties
America Junior
$1 US = $15 Canadian
Communism
Cheese curd, French fries...
Canadian bacon, Are they too good for the word ham?
Provinces
Whacked out zip codes
Addresses in general
Celene Dion
Alanis Morrisette
Fiona Apple (Don't know if she's Canadian but I figure the country is to blame)
Ridiculously high exit numbers
No cell phone service
Shitty straws
Bad driving
Bums that want to kill me
Fucked up roads (not maintained)
Hidden charges
Conversion rates
Mandatory Tipping
- designerror0
The best contribution the canadians have given the world is in my humble opinion their tolerance of the differences between people and their culture.
- aliendn0
american bashing ;p
- aliendn0
oh and this is canadian
http://www.fluffytails.ca/christ…
- nick0
eh?
- timg0
this should be a perfect resource for you... we just had "The Greatest Canadian" series run through the top 50:
- timg0
actually to be more direct:
TOP 1-10:
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_t…TOP 11-100:
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/great…
- 3rr0r4040
omg.. timg.. i was just gonna post that link..
we canadians did a lot for the world.. TRUST!
- 2cent0
acrylics (Plexiglas/Perspex/Lucite) - William Chalmers
Actar 911 CPR Dummy - Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault and Jonathan Vinden
air-conditioned railway coach - Henry Ruttan (1858)
antigravity suit - Wilbur R. Franks (1940)
Balderdash - Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne (1984)
basketball - James Naismith (1892)
batteryless radio (AC radio tube) - Edward Samuel Rogers Sr. (1925)
bovril
butter substitute
Canadarm - SPAR and the National Aeronautical Establishment (1981)
calcium carbide and acetylene gas (production of) - Thomas L. "Carbide" Wilson (1892)
carcino embryonic antigen (CEA) blood test - Dr. Phil Gold (1968)
cardiac intensive care unit (first)
cobalt bomb - University of Saskatchewan and Eldorado Mining and Refining (1951)
compound marine engine - Benjamin Franklin Tibbets compound revolving snow shovel (trains)
computerized braille
crash position indicator (C.P.I) - Harry T. Stevinson and David M. Makow (1959)dental mirror
disintegrating plastic
ear piercer
electric cooking range - Thomas Ahearn (1882)
electric hand prosthesis for children - Helmut Lukas (1971)
electrical car (North America's first)
electric wheelchair - George J. Klein
electron microscope - Prof. E. F. Burton and Cecil Hall, James Hillier and Albert Prebus (late 1930s)
electronic wave organ - Frank Morse Robb (1927)
explosives vapour detector - Dr Lorne Elias (1990)
fathometer - Reginald Fessenden
film developing tank
five pin bowling - Thomas E. Ryan (1909)
foghorn - Robert Foulis (1854)
frozen fish - Dr. Archibald G. Huntsman (1926)garbage bag (green plastic) - Harry Wasyluk and Larry Hanson (1950s)
Gestalt Photo Mapper - G. Hobrough (1975)
gingerale - John J. McLaughlin (1904)
goalie mask - Jacques Plante (1959)
Green ink - Thomas Sterry Hunt (1862)
hair tonic
heart valve operation (first)
helicopter trap (for landing on ships)
helium as a substitute for hydrogen in airships
hydrofoil boat - Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin (1908)
IMAX - Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr (1968)
instant potato flakes - Dr. Edward Asselbegs and the Food Research Institute (1962)
insulation
insulin (as diabetes treatment) - Dr. Frederick Banting, Dr. Charles Best and Dr. Collip (1921)Java - James Gosling
Jetline
jolly jumper - Olivia Poole
kerosene - Abraham Gesner (1840)
lacrosse - played since the 1600s; William George Beers set out standard rules (1860)
laser (sailboat) - Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce and Hans Fogh (1969)
lightbulb (first patented) - Henry Woodward (1874)
liposomesmachine gun tracer bullet
MacPherson gas mask
measure for footwear
Muskol
Newtsuit - Phil Nuytten
newsprint - Charles Fenerty (1838)
Nursing Mother Breast Pads - Marsha Skrypuch (1986)pablum - Drs. Alan Brown, Fred Tisdall, and Theo Drake (1930s)
pacemaker - Wilfred Bigelow
paint roller - Norman Breakey (1940)
panoramic camera - John Connon (1887)
Phi (position homing indicator for aircraft)
Pictionary - Rob Angel (1986)
pizza pizza telephone computer delivery services
portable high chair
Puzz-3D
(A) Question of Scruples - Robert Simpson (1984)
radar profile recorder - NRC (1947)
radio compass
retractable beer carton handle (Tuck-away-handle Beer Carton) - Steve Pasjac (1957)
rollerskatescrew propeller
ski-binding
snowblower - Arthur Sicard (1927)
snowmobile - Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937)
snowplow (rotary) - invented by J.W. Elliot (1869), first built by Leslie Brothers (1883)
steam foghorn
standard time - Sir Sanford Fleming (1879)
Stanley Cup - (Canada's Governor-General) Lord Stanley of Preston (1893)
Stol aircraft - de Havilland Canada (1948)
submarine telegraph cable
Superman - Joe Shuster and Jerome Siegel (1938)
table hockey - Donald Munro (1930s)
telephone - Alexander Graham Bell (1874)
Trivial Pursuit - Chris Haney, John Haney and Scott Abbott (1982)variable Pitch Propeller - Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1918)
Walkie-Talkie - Donald L. Hings (1942)
washing machine
wirephoto - Sir William Stephenson (1921)
Yachtzee
zipper - Gideon Sundback (1913)