Food & Drink
This drink was developed in the USA in 1896 and made from sugar, caffeine, coca leaves and soda water.
Coca Cola
In 4000-3000 BC a new drink was discovered when the juice from grapes was left to ferment in Turkestan.
wine
This card game was first developed in Persia but was later made popular by American gangsters.
poker
They were first made by the Egyptians, but no difference was made between the right and the left foot.
shoes
They were invented by Chinese women in order to light fires to cook and keep warm.
matches
One day, a native American woring as a cook was asked to cut potatoes very thinly. As a result, he invented something which is sold in packets in numerous different flavours today.
crisps
In 4000 -3000 BC a new aromatic drink was discovered when some leaves fell off a branch and landed in Emperor Shang Yeng's afternoon cup of hot water.
tea
This game was invented by a Frenchman called Dumas in 1762 - he cut up maps into little pieces and the idea was to put them back together again.
jigsaw puzzle
They were invented in 1280 by a Florentine physicist by sticking two bits of curved glass of either side of his nose.
spectacles
The first one of these was used by Apple computers in 1983 and can be used insted of a keyboard.
a mouse
Most people think these sweet rolls were invented by the French - in fact, they were first made in Vienna by a Polish baker.
croissants
This drink was discovered by a Yemeni shepherd whose sheep wouldn't sleep after eating the red fruit of a plant.
coffee
The first pair was worn in 1760 by an eccentric Belgian who put them on and rolled into a party in Soho, London.
roller-skates
Between 2000 and 1800 BC a method of sticking needles into people to make them feel better was invented by the Chinese.
acupuncture
The first one was written in Akkadian, the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians - the first bilingual one was published in 1480.
dictionary
An American photographer was experimenting with a substitute for rubber when he put some in his mouth and so invented a popular sweet.
chewing gum
This drink was first made by a monk for his abbey in Scotland in 1494.
whisky
In 1913, a word game with clues was invented by Arthur Wynne and first appeared in an American newspaper.
crossword puzzle
A waterproof coar invented by a Scotsman in the nineteenth century.
macintosh
This musical instrument was developed by Spanish instrument maker Antonio Torres but the electric version wasn't made until 1935.
guitar
This water sport was described by Captaine Cook in his report from hawaii nearly two hundred uears before it became popular in California.
surfing
An unpopular tool invented by George Washington's dentist in 1790.
dentist's drill