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Inventions - What Came First (or Last)

Click the invention. You will either have to pick the item or concept that was invented first in the list or last in the list
Using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#
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1. What came first?
Polyester was invented in 1941
Defibrillators
The Microwave Oven
Polyester
The V-2 Rocket
2. What came first?
The first solar sail based spacecraft, IKAROS, launched in 2010
Chat-GPT
Pfizer Vaccines for COVID-19
Single-cell Sequencing
Solar Sails
3. What came last?
Chat-GPT was launched in 2022
Single-cell sequencing
Solar Sails
Chat-GPT
Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19
4. What came last?
The microwave oven was invented in 1945
Defibrillators
The V-2 Rocket
The Microwave Oven
Polyester
5. What came first?
YouTube was founded in 2005
YouTube
iPhones
Netflix
Banking Apps
6. What came last?
The lightning rod was invented in 1752
Pianos
The Lightning Rod
The Leyden Jar
Pendulum Clocks
7. What came first?
The steam locomotive was invented in 1804
Steam Locomotives
Canned Food
Friction Matches
Bicycles
8. What came first?
The first X-ray was used in 1895
Zeppelins
Articulated Trams
X-rays
Plastic
9. What came last?
Friction matches were invented in 1826
Friction Matches
Canned Food
Steam Locomotives
Bicycles
10. What came first?
The earliest known writing dates back to over 6000 years ago
Swords
Writing
Wheels
Cities
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