What Has Your Country Ever Done For Us?!

[Samurai Silhouette]

Spoiler: Does this look familiar?

How do I Google that?

 

[Eiv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

Many Many things

 

[RevRaptor]

The nuclear age. If you're posting this by the power of the Atom, or if you're as amazed and entertained watching nuclear tests as I am, you have America to thank for it.


Such a shame we had to bring in this age the way we did but oh well.

Oh you did did you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford
the father of nuclear physics was a Kiwi mate.

So? Doesn't matter where he was from. That's the nice thing about America, it has minds from all over the world. It was America that finished the first nuclear bomb, it was America that pioneered the technology needed to harness the power of the atom peacefully, it was America that used the bomb to usher the age in. Doesn't matter if the scientists were German, Kiwi, Austrian, Martian or from the planet Zog. They built it here, they pioneered the tech here, therefore America as a country brought forth the Nuclear age.

Umm Rutherford did most of his work in the UK and Canada he never worked in America. The American's didn't usher in the nuclear age they were just the first to blow some shit up with it. not really something to brag about really.

 

[C_Holmes]

America gave the world Coca-Cola.

You're welcome, world.

So then America also gave us Type 2 Diabetes?

...thank you?

I think it's more the McDonalds than the Cola that's making people obese, but then again I don't know how much soda you drink.

And one thing off topic. Why does the capthca have an advertisement?

 

[Mordwyl]

Spoiler: Does this look familiar?

How do I Google that?

It's the Maltese Cross, the symbol of the Order of Knights of St. John, also known as the Knights of Malta. This very organisation has prevented the rule of the Mediterranean and Europe from falling under the rule of the Ottoman empire in the sixteenth century.

 

[CaptainKoala]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

Many Many things

Nothing much past the 1800's, though. But you did invent the MRI scanner, thats quite a large feather in your cap.

 

[Gavmando]

Oh.... We've done a handful of things...

You sir, win 5 internets! I lol'd hard. (And now i'm going to go slap myself for using the term "lol'd.")

Also, we Australians invented being awesome. You all just copied off us.

 

[WolfThomas]

Australia a few interesting things:
-Pre-paid postage
-The refrigator
-The underwater torpedo
-Gardasil the HPV vaccine

 

[vxicepickxv]

USA invented the very machine you're typing on...so.......

Charles Babbage was english, dude.

His difference engine never worked properly. Plus it was only built on similar principals, not the exact same as the x86 architecture we use in modern computers.

 

[soultrain117]

The nuclear warhead. Thats right we only build our weapons one kind of way, and that way is by getting German scientist to do it for us.

 

[Eggsnham]

Many folks originating from the U.S. have invented many things.

Like peanut butter and the A-bomb (although technically you should thank Germany for Albert Einstein in the instance of the A-bomb).

What have I done? Absolutely fucking nothing.

Which is cool with me.

 

[DracoSuave]

USA invented the very machine you're typing on...so.......

Charles Babbage was english, dude.

His difference engine never worked properly. Plus it was only built on similar principals, not the exact same as the x86 architecture we use in modern computers.

Also, Alan Turing yo.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I'm in the untied states so... lots of multi-national corporations started here? We got the founding father together and they did some cool stuff? Oh I know, the Escapist! (hehe, meta)

 

[Thumper17]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

This, also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_inventions

http://www.celebopedia.net/nations/ca.php

And

Thats right Superman was invented by transplanted Canadians.

 

[Phisi]

we gave you the boomerang, the electric drill, the notepad, the SCRAM jet and best of all, spray on skin... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spray-on_skin

 

[Pat8u]

I remember a documentary about australia inventing wifi...

yea I'm ok with just that

 

[enzilewulf]

We ended that big conflict back in the 40's with that guy who had the weird looking mustache...

Your welcome.

(No im not really this smug about WW2. We then had our "Coming back tour" where we went to Vietnam and Korea and fucked up. I know. I am just kidding calm down.)

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Our wonderful comedy...
That only we get.
...
And Tanks.
We invented the tank.

Plus trains (i think)

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

THANK YOU CANADA!!!!

It would appear the modern world is indebted to you, my weird northern neighbors.

Anyways, the US has produced the first operational aircraft and would've had the first spacecraft had we not been stupid and lazy (hat's off to Russia there, you beat our pants off). Actually, scratch that. America didn't produce the first aircraft, it was a couple of awesome bicycle-shop owners who tried everything a little differently.
We also contributed to ending the world wars a little bit faster, though I think that's more to do with industriousness and manpower than with with brilliant heroism.
Oh, and Jazz. Best thing America has made.

 

[BrailleOperatic]

England gave the world America. So sit down and shut up America.