Clever Canucks

I was listening to CBC Radio and heard there’s a show coming on tonight called The Greatest Canadian Inventions. It would be cool to watch if only I had access to CBC, but alas, I’ll have to settle for checking out the list of 50 great Canadian inventions on the website. There are quite a few items that I never would have guessed were invented by Canadians. For example:

• The electron microscope, developed at U of T
• The electric wheelchair
• The caulk gun
• The electric oven
• Every fighter pilot’s favourite accessory, the G-suit
• Instant mashed potatoes
• The light bulb was invented by a pair of Canadians, who then sold the patent to Edison
• Zippers

Check out the list. Lots of neat interesting facts.