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While inventions, change and discovery have been part of human race since time immemorial, not all inventions have been game changers.
Let's take a look at 25 British inventions that have had a lasting impact on our lifestyle, according to Radio Times.
Source: Business Insider
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ATM
Inventor: John Shepherd-Barron
Year: 1967
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Electric motor
Inventor: Michael Faraday
Year: 1821
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Chocolate bar
Inventor: JS Fry & Sons
Year: 1847
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Telephone
Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell
Year: 1876
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Jet engine
Inventor: Frank Whittle
Year: 1937
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World Wide Web
Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee
Year: 1989
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Electronic programmable computer
Inventor: Tommy Flowers
Year: 1943
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Carbon fibre
Inventor: Royal Aircraft Establishment engineers
Year: 1963
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Hovercraft
Inventor: Christopher Cockerell
Year: 1953
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Television
Inventor: John Logie Baird
Year: 1925
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Pneumatic tyre
Inventor: John Boyd Dunlop
Year: 1887
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Electric vacuum cleaner
Inventor: Hubert Cecil Booth
Year: 1901
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Photography
Inventor: William Henry Fox Talbot
Year: 1835
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Passenger railway
Inventor: George Stephenson
Year: 1825
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Steam engine
Inventor: Richard Trevithick
Year: 1801
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Glider
Inventor: George Cayley
Year: 1804
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Cement
Inventor: Joseph Aspdin
Year: 1824
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Lawnmower
Inventor: Edwin Beard Budding
Year: 1827
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Sewage system
Inventor: Joseph Bazalgette
Year: 1865
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Light bulb
Inventor: Joseph Swan
Year: 1880
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Stainless steel
Inventor: Harry Brearley
Year: 1913
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Safety bicycle
Inventor: John Kemp Stanley
Year: 1885
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Collapsible baby buggy
Inventor: Owen Maclaren
Year: 1965
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Automatic kettle
Inventor: Peter Hobbs
Year: 1955
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Toothbrush
Inventor: William Addis
Year: 1770