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Electricity is America's top invention


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We Americans are pretty innovative. We're always coming up with new things. In today's blog, I list our nation's top-five inventions/discoveries.
1. Electricity -- So what if Ben Franklin flew his darn kite before the Revolution. He was a patriot, a real American, so he qualifies. Without electricity, many of the luxuries we have come to enjoy would not exist. When the power cuts out, our lives are on hold.
2. Automobile -- Driving around town in an automobile sure beats the old horse and buggy routine. How different would our lives be if automobiles were never invented? Then there would be no NASCAR, and life as I know it would cease to exist.
3. Telecommunications -- I've got to include the telephone and Internet here. We can communicate with practically anyone anywhere. Plus, the Internet gives us the world at our fingertips.
4. Television -- Can't say it's the most important discovery, but we Americans sure have gotten addicted to it. We use televisions for entertainment and information and have become essential parts of our daily lives.
5. Aeronautics -- I would say "flight," but aeronautics sounds cooler. What Orville and Wilbur did on that North Carolina beach eventually took us to the moon and across the globe. Thanks to them, we can be in Europe in several hours and maybe one day to Mars.
Next week's top five list: Most influential Americans not to become president.

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