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Originally Posted by 12clicks
shall I list the words the US has made? 
the car, the plane, the computer, telephone, shall I go on?
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The automobile was invented in Germany (Karl Benz). It was called the Motorwagon.
1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen First Drive - Motor Trend
The plane was invented in New Zealand (Richard Pearse flew about 900 feet in his own designed plane in 1902 several months before the Wright brothers flew.
The first computer was called an Analytical Engine and invented by Charles Babbage in 1833. You could also argue that the first computer was the Slide Rule, invented by William Ouggtred in 1622. Babbage was from London.
The telephone was invented in Canada. You're welcome.