TRENDING: List of the most AWESOME inventions from each state
The Coolest Thing Invented In Each State
Alabama: Windshield wipers
Alaska: Kayaks
Arizona: Tasers
Arkansas: The modern toothbrush
California: The fortune cookie. (At least that's where they were popularized. The idea might have come from Japan.)
Colorado: The Barbie Doll
Connecticut: The Wiffle Ball
Delaware: Kevlar
Florida: Sun tan lotion
Georgia: Anesthesia
Hawaii: Surfing, of course
Idaho: The television
Illinois: The mouse trap
Indiana: The refrigerator
Iowa: Sliced bread
Kansas: The slurpee
Kentucky: Chewing gum
Louisiana: The microscope
Maine: The microwave
Maryland: The bottle cap
Massachusetts: Basketball
Michigan: The stop sign
Minnesota: The stapler
Mississippi: Anti-fungal cream
Missouri: The vacuum cleaner
Montana: Heart monitors
Nebraska: Kool-Aid
Nevada: Solar panels
New Hampshire: The Segway
New Jersey: The phonograph, to record something and then play it back
New Mexico: The nicotine patch
New York: The credit card
North Carolina: Flight. Although the Wright Brothers BUILT the plane in Ohio
North Dakota: Bubble bath
Ohio: Wind turbines
Oklahoma: The shopping cart
Oregon: The computer mouse
Pennsylvania: The suspension bridge
Rhode Island: The diner. The first one opened in Providence in 1872
South Carolina: The submarine
South Dakota: The cyclotron, which is a particle accelerator
Tennessee: The tow truck
Texas: The typewriter
Utah: The artificial heart
Vermont: The electric motor
Virginia: Camouflage
Washington: Pictionary
West Virginia: The steamboat
Wisconsin: The blender
Wyoming: The world's first national park, which was Yellowstone in 1872
