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  • The lie detector was invented in 1902, by James Mackenzie.
  • Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity in 1905, making famous the equation E=mc2.
  • The bra was invented in 1914 by Mary Phelps Jacobs.
  • The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by Earle Dickson.
  • The microwave oven was invented in 1940 by Percy Spencer.
  • First cell phones were invented in 1947.
  • The first credit card was invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider.
  • The pill – oral contraceptives – was invented in 1954.
  • The Barbie Doll was invented in 1959.
  • The first computer video game, Spacewar, was invented in 1962.
  • The Arpanet – first internet- was invented in 1969. Email was adapted in 1972.
  • The Apple Macintosh was invented in 1984.
  • The first car ever built was in 1672 by Ferdinand Verbiest, in China.
  • The first gasoline automobile was made in 1885.
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