The Most Iconic Inventions of the 2010s

3-D Printing

The technology of 3-D printing has been floating around since the 80s, but only became a tangible device in the 2010s. A lot of 3-D printing is used for prototypes or models of certain products, but it has been used to create prosthetic limbs and even human organs. 

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The More You Know

  • The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
  • There's a shrimp-like creature that makes aluminum armor to protect itself.
  • Both volleyball and basketball were invented in Massachusetts.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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