COUNTRIES INVENTIONS

GLASSES (ITALY)

All the way from Emperor Nero of Rome to the mid 1200’s when they

began to resemble modern eyewear, glasses have been a proud

invention of Italy/Rome.

TOILET PAPER (CHINA)

The first documented use of toilet paper dates back to

The 6th century in China.

KEROSENE LAMP (POLAND)

Modern kerosene lamps were first constructed in 1853 by

Polish inventor Ignacy Łukasiewicz.

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE (GERMANY)

Volkswagen Beetles were developed by Hitler because he wanted

to manufacture a cheap, affordable car for his roadways.

ELECTRIC MOTOR (HUNGARY)

Apart from early electrostatic devices created by Scottish monks,

the experiments of Hungarian physicist Ányos Jedlik with

electromagnetic coils led to the first modern electric motors.

FILM (FRANCE)

While you can thank Canada for the big screen, you can thank

France for the movie itself. The Lumière brothers were the

first filmmakers in history.

POSTAL CODES (UKRAINE)

Although cities like London were indeed divided as early as the

mid 1800’s, the idea of extending these divisions to rural areas

wasn’t fully realized until its implementation in the Ukrainian

Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932.

SPEEDOMETER (CROATIA)

You can thank Croatian Josip Belušić for the fact that you know

how fast you are going.