What do kayaks, can openers, dental floss, fortune cookies and fly swatters have in common? They were all invented in America, of course!

The cotton gin, airplane, television, telephone, telegraph, steamboat and light bulb. These are some of the most well-known and important American inventions. But Americans have created many other fun, useful, odd and ultimately essential things.

1. Artificial turf
2. Ballpoint pen
3. Barbed wire
4. Barcode
5. Basketball
6. Black light
7. Blender
8. Blue jeans
9. Cable car
10. Calculator
11. Can opener
12. Car radio
13. Cash register
14. Comic book
15. Cotton candy
16. Cotton swab
17. Crackers
18. Cream cheese
19. Dental floss
20. Dishwasher
21. Escalator
22. Ferris wheel
23. Fly swatter
24. Fortune cookie
25. Frisbee
26. Granola bar
27. Hacky sack
28. Helicopter
29. Hole punch
30. Kayak
31. Lacrosse
32. Mason jar
33. Microphone
34. Miniature golf
35. Nylon
36. Peanut butter
37. Potato chips
38. Reclining chair
39. Revolving door
40. Roller skates
41. Safety pin
42. Shopping cart
43. Sunglasses
44. Tea bags
45. Toboggan
46. Toy train
47. Volleyball
48. Wiffle ball
49. Zamboni
50. Zipper

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