Game-Changing Inventions: 9 Technologies That Transformed the World

May 13th, 2024 CHIRANJIT MITRA CHIRANJIT MITRA

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1: The Wheel

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2: Printing Press

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3: Electricity

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4: Penicillin

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5: The Telephone

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6: The Automobile

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7: The Airplane

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8: The Computer

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9: The Internet

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