Did you know that the following were all invented by CANADIANS?!
- Nanaimo bars
- Poutine (YUM!)
- Butter tarts (YUM x2!)
- Walkie-Talkie
- Standard time
- The telephone (I've been to the Alexander Graham Bell Homestead in Brantford, Ontario!)
- Java programming language
- Snowmobile
- The prosthetic hand
- The snowblower
- The foghorn
- Basketball
- Lacrosse
- Ice hockey
- Five-pin bowling
- Trivial Pursuit (the board game)
- Insulin
- Bone Marrow Compatibility Test
- Egg carton
- Wonderbra
- Plexiglas
- The electric oven
- Cardiac pacemaker
- Alkaline battery
- SONAR
- The electric wheelchair
- Computerized Braille
- CPR mannequin
- Electric car heater
Sources: Wikipedia.org "List of Canadian Inventions" , Canadian Bacon Blog , About.com "Made in Canada"
Butter tarts?! Seriously? Awesome!
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