What is something your country doesn't get enough credit for?
What is something your country doesn't get enough credit for?
Reminder: Please specify the country you're answering for.
Linux. Finland.
Wouldn't have been created without the free universal education that provided Torvalds the free access to university's licenses and hardware.
What else is an outcome of that? If it is indeed due to the educational policies, then there has to be other notable and recognizable outcomes. If there's nothing else notable, then I think the credit is where it is due, to Linus.
Spain: adding sticks to stuff, we invented:
- The mop: A rag with a stick, invented by Manuel Jalón in 1956
- The lolipop: A candy with a stick, invented by Enric Bernat in 1957
- Foosball: Soccer with a stick, invented by Alejandro Campos Ramírez during the civil war (around 1936)
Source, with other 7 inventions (without sticks):
10 Spanish Inventions You Can’t Live Without | by Embassy of Spain USA | SpainInTheUSA
> Foosball
Wow, I played that a lot in Brazil when I was a kid(there it is called futebol de botão), had no idea where it came from haha Unfortunately I don't think kids play it too much these days
Random foosball fun facts:
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It's called "futbolín" (tiny soccer) in Spain.
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There are 2 types (from Spanish Wikipedia):
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The Spanish model, with the field curved downwards towards the center and the metal dolls with open legs. Picture (from here)
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The international model, with plastic or wooden figures with their legs together (table football). Picture (from the previous link)
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Australia: Penicillin, the tank, yes the war machine, the electric refrigerator, WiFi, rotary blade lawnmower, polymer banknotes, spray on skin, pacemakers, cochlear implants, black box flight recorders, electric drills, Google maps, McCafe, the list goes on...
New Zealand. We built the first mechanical computer, the Totalizer. (Babbage designed one first, but never completed a working model.) We used it to calculate odds for horse races. It was gravity-powered and used the weight of a concrete block on a rope to turn gears.
