๐งโ๐ฌ Inventions That Changed the World
1. Invention that changed communication โ Telephone
2. Invention that changed transport โ Steam Engine
3. Invention that changed medicine โ Penicillin
4. Invention that changed light โ Electric Bulb
5. Invention that changed writing โ Printing Press
6. Invention that changed computing โ Microprocessor
7. Invention that changed navigation โ Compass
8. Invention that changed calculations โ Calculator
9. Invention that changed global communication โ Internet
10. Invention that changed banking โ ATM
11. Invention that changed office work โ Typewriter
12. Invention that changed mapping โ GPS
13. Invention that changed chemistry โ Periodic Table
14. Invention that changed mathematics โ Zero
15. Invention that changed physics โ Laws of Motion
16. Invention that changed exploration โ Telescope
17. Invention that changed biology โ Microscope
18. Invention that changed weather prediction โ Barometer
19. Invention that changed sound transport โ Radio
20. Invention that changed video playback โ VHS Player
21. Invention that changed hard data storage โ Hard Disk
22. Invention that changed home lighting โ LED Light
23. Invention that changed space travel โ Rocket
24. Invention that changed disease control โ Vaccination
โข๏ธ Major Nuclear Test Milestones between 1945โ2017 โข๏ธ
1. Jul 16, 1945 โ United States ๐บ๐ธ: Trinity (first ever, ~19 kt, New Mexico)
2. Aug 29, 1949 โ Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ: RDS-1 (first Soviet, ~22 kt, Kazakhstan)
3. Oct 3, 1952 โ United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง: Hurricane (first UK, Australia)
4. Nov 1, 1952 โ United States ๐บ๐ธ: Ivy Mike (first thermonuclear, 10.4 Mt)
5. Feb 13, 1960 โ France ๐ซ๐ท: Gerboise Bleue (first French, Algeria)
6. Oct 30, 1961 โ Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ: Tsar Bomba (largest ever, 50 Mt, Novaya Zemlya)
7. Oct 16, 1964 โ China ๐จ๐ณ: 596 (first Chinese, Lop Nur)
8. May 18, 1974 โ India ๐ฎ๐ณ: Smiling Buddha (first Indian, Pokhran)
9. 1963 โ Partial Test Ban Treaty ends most atmospheric testing
10. 1990โ1992 โ Last major powers: Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ (1990), United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (1991), United States ๐บ๐ธ (1992)
11. 1996 โ France ๐ซ๐ท (Jan) & China ๐จ๐ณ (Jul) end testing
12. May 1998 โ India ๐ฎ๐ณ (Shakti) & Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ (Chagai) conduct tests
13. Oct 9, 2006 โ North Korea ๐ฐ๐ต: first test (~1 kt)
14. 2009โ2017 โ North Korea ๐ฐ๐ต later tests: 2009, 2013, 2016 (x2), 2017 (~100โ250 kt)
15. Since 2017 โ No confirmed explosive nuclear tests worldwide.
๐ Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in a US-Israeli attack ๐ฎ๐ท
๐๏ธ Timeline of his life & rise to power:
๐ธ 1939: Born in Mashhad; receives religious education ๐
๐ธ 1962: Joins Khomeiniโs movement against the Shah โ
๐ธ 1978: Co-founds the Islamic Republic Party ๐๏ธ
๐ธ 1979: Head of IRGC & Deputy Defense Minister โ๏ธ
๐ธ 1980: Representative to Supreme Defense Council ๐ก๏ธ
๐ธ 1981โ1985: Elected and re-elected as President ๐ณ๏ธ
๐ธ 1989: Becomes Supreme Leader, the highest authority ๐
๐ธ 2026: Killed on Feb 28 in US-Israeli strikes ๐ฅ