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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2013, 05:09:37 AM »
6. THE EGG CARTON



Newspaper editor Joseph Coyle of Smithers, British Columbia, found an egg-cellent new use for paper in 1911.
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2013, 05:10:54 AM »
7. IMAX



Filmmakers Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroiter, and Robert Kerr and engineer Robert C. Shaw founded IMAX in 1967. Kroiter produced the first IMAX film in 1970. Star Wars creator George Lucas later credited him with originating the idea of "The Force.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2013, 05:12:15 AM »
8. MCINTOSH APPLES



McIntosh apples didn't just grow on trees back in the day. In 1811, farmer John McIntosh began grafting a wild apple tree at his South Dundas farm. People began enjoying the fruits of his labor in 1835.
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2013, 05:13:14 AM »
9. THE WALKIE-TALKIE



Don Hings invented what he called the "packset" in 1937. When Canada declared war on Germany two years later, he went to Ottawa to redevelop the device for military use. Over and out.
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2013, 05:14:01 AM »
10. INSULIN



Toronto scientists Frederick Banting, Charles Best (pictured), and James Collip didn't actually invent insulin in 1922 — it's a hormone naturally produced by the pancreas. Instead, they discovered it and learned how it could treat diabetes.
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2013, 05:15:14 AM »
11. INSTANT REPLAY



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CBC Television producer George Retzlaff used a kinescope when he created the first-ever Instant Replay in 1955. Not surprisingly, it was during a broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada.
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