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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:21 pm

The discovery of fermentation.
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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:01 am

The industrial revolution.
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Post by piscator » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:06 am

#1. My birth.

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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:12 am

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Post by JimC » Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:06 am

The first time neutral spirits were flavoured with juniper berries...
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Post by JimC » Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:07 am

rEvolutionist wrote:My penis. :{D
That's not an event, it's just a very minor detail... :tea:
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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:11 am

It was a seismic shift in the world (and my pants). :prof:
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0.00001 on the Richter Scale... :tea:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:39 am

The invention of the printing press, the grand piano, and cheese in a can.
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:23 am

Husbandry (animal and plant)
Currency
metalurgy
Electricty
Internal combustion engine
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Jesus. :{D
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Post by Tero » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:48 pm

Sure, just go invent the infernal combustion device, when the steam engine guys had already invented the piston, cam and moving parts!

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Big Bang (not the TV show)

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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:04 pm

The publication of:
  1. The Wealth Of Nations, Adam Smith, 1776;
  2. The Rights Of Man, Thomas Paine, 1791;
  3. A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792;
  4. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1851;
  5. On The Origin Of Species by Means Of Natural Selection, Charles Darwin, 1859.
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:00 am

Top 5 scientific achievements?
In no particular order:
Newton's Laws of Thermodynamics
Electricity
DNA
Evolution
Relativity

Plus:
Heliocentrism.
Germ theory
Antibiotics
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