Buzzfeed posted a list with the coolest invention from each state. Here they are in alphabetical order.
Alabama: Windshield wipers.
Alaska: Kayaks.
Arizona: Tasers.
Arkansas: The modern toothbrush.
California: The fortune cookie. (At least that’s where they were popularized. The idea might have come from Japan.)
Colorado: The Barbie Doll.
Connecticut: The Wiffle Ball.
Delaware: Kevlar.
Florida: Sun tan lotion, appropriately enough.
Georgia: Anesthesia.
Hawaii: Surfing, of course.
Idaho: The television.
Illinois: The mouse trap.
Indiana: The refrigerator.
Iowa: Sliced bread.
Kansas: The slurpee.
Kentucky: Chewing gum.
Louisiana: The microscope.
Maine: The microwave.
Maryland: The bottle cap.
Massachusetts: Basketball.
Michigan: The stop sign.
Minnesota: The stapler.
Mississippi: Anti-fungal cream.
Missouri: The vacuum cleaner.
Montana: Heart monitors.
Nebraska: Kool-Aid.
Nevada: Solar panels.
New Hampshire: The Segway.
New Jersey: The phonograph, to record something and then play it back.
New Mexico: The nicotine patch.
New York: The credit card.
North Carolina: Flight. Although the Wright Brothers BUILT the plane in Ohio.
North Dakota: Bubble bath.
Ohio: Wind turbines.
Oklahoma: The shopping cart.
Oregon: The computer mouse.
Pennsylvania: The suspension bridge.
Rhode Island: The diner. The first one opened in Providence in 1872.
South Carolina: The submarine.
South Dakota: The cyclotron, which is a particle accelerator.
Tennessee: The tow truck.
Texas: The typewriter.
Utah: The artificial heart.
Vermont: The electric motor.
Virginia: Camouflage.
Washington: Pictionary.
West Virginia: The steamboat.
Wisconsin: The blender.
Wyoming: The world’s first national park, which was Yellowstone in 1872.
What invention could you not live without?? I couldn’t live without a blowdryer. Seriously… I have a lot of hair. Wet hair looks cute for a photo…. Wet hair is not so cute walking around in all day. 😛
