Coolest Inventions From Each State

[@BeyondtheRailz]

The best invention from Oregon is Life According To Briggs.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks

[@BeyondtheRailz]

Of course. No problem.

[@clarencesmith9580]

I thought it was FLIR? The Corn Dog (Rockaway Beach, 1930s) ... Plywood (Portland, 1905) ... The Tater Tot (Ontario, 1954) ... The Phillips Head Screw (Portland, 1930s) ... The Marionberry (Corvallis, 1956) ... The Gardenburger (Gresham, 1981)

[@crazycoollady]

I love how you show that each state has importance.

[@gideondeath1221]

you prob like 12 tops

[@mikenixon2401]

Very good presentation. Something different. Everyone should, SHOULD be happy.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Yes, thank you

[@stephaniefoley5569]

Mississippi here and being an aviation fan…the Key brothers of Meridian were the forefathers of modern day air-to-air refueling systems. In 1935 the Key brothers in the plane named the Ole Miss (now in the Smithsonian) tested and successfully flew non-stop 27 days without landing for fuel 😮 or other provisions. Mississippi is the birthplace of Blues music and of course Elvis…both important in music history. Mississippi (UMMC,Jackson) was the first successful human lung transplant, first heart and kidney autotransplant surgeries in medical history.

[@FunkyDPL]

As has been pointed out, the airplane was only TESTED in North Carolina. It was designed and developed in Dayton, Ohio. As a matter of fact, the Wright Brothers built a wind tunnel in Dayton to test airfoil designs, only to learn that the aerodynamic tables that were thought to be accurate, weren't. An airfoil built from those tests became part of the first successful airplane. That wind tunnel can be found at the Air Force museum there.

[@ladydimples7883]

Great video!👏

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks!

[@ladydimples7883]

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs You are welcome🙂

[@1113-f7o]

Some ideas: Most popular musicians in each state, police cars ranked in each state, hottest states ranked by average year round temps, most Italian states by percentage...

[@1113-f7o]

@Joscha Wexler maybe that would be least obese states, or healthiest states?

[@jasondurenda6454]

Always watch you and Nick Johnson as soon as you upload . I'm never disappointed. Great work

[@lifeontheland8972]

As someone from Dayton Ohio, I am still claiming the airplane as our best invention because it was built here, tested here and was only brought to NC to have a longer flight. Also the cash register would be a good one as well as it was also invented in Dayton.

[@janeentumbao8690]

I used to live in Xenia. 😁

[@ripvanrevs]

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.

[@lifeontheland8972]

@@janeentumbao8690 I always love riding the bike trail through Xenia!

[@ascension8811]

I agree with you.

[@madman671000]

What about hotdogs, Ohio gave the world that, mmmmmm hotdogs with chili sauce.

[@allisonwalker191]

Colorado also has: teddy bear, outdoor Christmas lights and Crocs :). Being from Texas originally the first thing I thought of was Dr Pepper, we are very passionate about our soda, and Texas is known for Margaritas. Your welcome 🤪

[@troythompson1768]

lol Minnesota: Invents the middling purifier, the Duluth pack, the damper flapper, the concrete grain elevator, grocery bags with handles, the Better Business Bureau, the pop-up toaster, water skis, the Milky Way candy bar, masking tape, Scotch Tape, closed-cabin commercial airplanes, the steel-toe boot, the refrigerated truck, the mass spectrometer for U-235 (and, by extension, the purification of U-235), electronic autopilot, magnetic recording tape, Tonka trucks, packaged cake mix, cortisone, the Bundt cake pan, the snow blower, open-heart surgery, the "black box" (flight data recorder), the helix reservoir bubble oxygenator (blood pump), the in-the-ear hearing aid, taconite pellets, the fully enclosed and climate-controlled shopping mall, the recreational snowmobile, the implantable pacemaker, the deep-sea submarine Alvin, the Honeycrisp apple, the retractable seatbelt, the CDC 6600 (the first successful supercomputer), Twister, the prosthetic heart valve, pancreas transplant surgery, kidney transplant surgery, bone marrow transplant surgery, Nerf balls, NordicTrack, crisp-crust frozen pizza, Post-it notes, microwave popcorn, the Sleep Number bed, Breathe Right nasal strips, microwaveable French fries, Ziagen, the fast anthrax test, and the Recon Scout tactical micro-robot. Briggs: Roller blades!

[@tuvia4082]

Dallas, Texas. May 11, 1971, Mariano Martinez pulled the lever on his invention - the frozen margarita machine - since 2005, its been in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Come on Briggs.

[@elliotlehane7011]

MA has a lot of other picks that were worthy of consideration. Like the telephone, basketball, and the chocolate chip cookie.

[@Haybro98]

You forgot the most important one: the Fluffernutter.

[@hermeslein6614]

Lol An European invented Telephone not American and Basketball was made by an Canadian uncultured American

[@mattlyons8818]

@@hermeslein6614 Lol the European and Canadian made the inventions in America, genius. By the way. It's a European not an European. And it's a Canadian, not an Canadian.

[@ecurewitz]

Beat me to it

[@ecurewitz]

@@hermeslein6614 but the first phone and and patent was in Boston Massachusetts, and Basketball was invented in Springfield Massachusetts, doesn’t matter if it was a Canadian

[@pipepicasso8112]

The toothbrush was invented in West Virginia. If it was invented in any other state, it would be call a teethbrush.

[@KMNixon]

Tooth brush, tooth pick, tooth paste...

[@cernejr]

Fun video. If you make a sequel (maybe after few months), I will watch it.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks.

[@morganschiller2288]

Yes! Sequel!

[@BruceLee-bf5ks]

Sweet Video!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks!

[@rockymountainjazzfan1822]

In Colorado, you missed the biggest thing that literally changed the world forever. At Ames, Colorado, near Telluride, the first commercial generation and transmission of alternating current (A.C.) electricity in the world occurred in 1891. The reservoir and hydroelectric generation plant was constructed by partnership consisting of George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla, and Telluride attorney L. L. Nunn. The electricity generated was transmitted via power line to mines located several miles away. The plant inspired the design of the hydroelectric plant built at Niagra Falls, New York a few years later. The hydroelectric plant at Ames still operates today.

[@timmmahhhh]

Interesting you say the plane was invented in North Carolina though the Wright Brothers developed it in Dayton. Using similar logic the ferris wheel would have then been "invented" in Chicago as it first appeared in the 1893 Columbian exposition and was developed by Ferris an engineer from Pittsburgh. They want to outdo the Eiffel Tower and Ferris clearly delivered. His massive Ferris wheel was moved to the St Louis world's Fair in 1904 then a few other places and then sadly scrapped.

[@mr.munger]

Exactly, the airplane for sure was not invented in North Carolina. They were "first in flight" because the Wright Brothers took their airplane that they invented in Dayton, Ohio and flew it in North Carolina for the first time so they could keep the invention private and take advantage of the coastal winds and sand for softer landings. The airplane was invented in Ohio, first flew in NC, then returned to Ohio for additional improvements and testing. Considering flight is one of the man's greatest most life altering inventions, that's a pretty big swing and miss on Brigg's part.

[@caleer8567]

Florida wins, AC is the greatest thing ever!

[@nelskrogh3238]

Cheeseburger cheeseburger chheeseburger

[@crazycoollady]

If the AC was never invented, I don't think Sunbelt cities such as Phoenix, Austin, and Las Vegas would be growing as rapidly in population as they are.

[@heidimarchant5438]

I would say the first a/C invention would've been the southern cracker houses. Idk which state built them first but they're pretty amazing!

[@bracebrooks967]

What about the internet? I know it's a system of networks and linked with computers/phones, but that makes a legit case for the best invention of all-time.

[@caleer8567]

@@bracebrooks967 Ya I love that too, only two things I need to be happy in life and that is good AC and Fast internet!

[@treninapreston3128]

Great Video, I Enjoyed This Topic 🙂

[@stephenharper6638]

Arkansas- talkies....because reading is HARD! Nebraska- ski lift... because inclines aren't normal! :)

[@mintycactus1152]

It was nice to hear a different kind of list and now I'm smarter for watching...

[@martianmurray]

I’d argue the guitar pickup was California’s best invention. Without that we wouldn’t have needed a device that could hold thousands of songs

[@kathydunn]

I love all your content, but I especially love the tag line at the end where you say "Be Nice to each other", a rarity in this day and age...kudos to you, thanks for the positive thought!

[@kleokleopatra3536]

REALLY INTERESTING STUFF ! I WAS SCEPTICAL, BUT IT WAS GREAT !

[@ameykanade]

The thumbnail is 360fly camera. I worked at 360fly and was one of the first few hires at the company. Thanks for including :)

[@thomashiggins9320]

While the cheeseburger is Colorado's best and most popular invention, we're also responsible for one of the most hated of inventions. The Denver Boot.

[@andremartinez6449]

Loved this vid

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you

[@pmotherat]

Explosives and fishing……. You always make me laugh……. Thank you for your irreverent sense of humor. There’s not enough of that any more. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@alilately1013]

I had a feeling you were going to say ChapStik for VA!! I live in Lynchburg and it's one of those weird things that a lot of people who live here don't know unless they worked for the factory that was built in order to produce it. It now produces Bath and Body Works lotions.

[@ilovetotri23]

Great video! Fun and eye opening.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@donnabonnel1752]

That was a good one!! Really liked it!!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Glad you liked it!!

[@lisaahmari7199]

Great idea for a video!

[@TheGeoScholar]

Mountain Dew came from Tennessee as well, Johnson City specifically.

[@bill4913]

Interesting Briggs.. Thanks.

[@timmmahhhh]

My hometown of Kokomo Indiana has made a couple of your worst lists but it harbored quite a few inventions, so many that it's nickname is City of Firsts. The pneumatic tire and transmission were invented here and we had an incredible entrepreneur named Elwood Haynes who developed stainless steel in 1912, and several metal alloys that NASA still uses today. He also developed the first clutch driven car in 1897 which is argued to be the first American automobile.

[@AudreyC379]

Wow, I never thought I would thank Florida, but thank you Florida for Gatorade. 😅👍 Also thankful for: Washing Machine (Indiana) Ice-cream cone (Missouri) Blue jeans (Nevada) Lightbulb (New Jersey) Computer (Pennsylvania) Automatic fire sprinklers (Rhode Island) Hand-held calculator (Texas) Sandpaper (Vermont) PC (Washington) Great video!

[@stevemoore6812]

Greetings from the PPRC great, great video loved this one lots of interesting information. 🚗.mini

[@pattyolson3842]

This one was pretty interesting. Your usual enthusiasm came out.

[@pinkgyaru._.]

I enjoyed this! :)

[@susanneschmidtcruz7156]

Good one Briggs. Very interesting.

[@oklahomasoonersfootball]

Thx for the video!!!

[@raywolf3rd]

Iowa ought to be the first (electronic digital) computer developed by Atanasoff and Berry at Iowa State University during WWII. The gas powered tractor is a worth second.

[@debbie4503]

Thank you, Alaska! Another Thank You to Nevada, Whichever State that came up with T.P.! FYI Oklahoma also invented shopping carts at a Humpty Dumpty grocery store.

[@js0peanut]

Very good video

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks

[@TimothySielbeck]

@World According To Briggs For South Carolina; submarines were invented before the US Civil War. I do admit that the Hunley was the first (kind of) practical design. For Texas I would have said the integrated circuit, the thing that makes all of our fancy, modern, do-dads work.

[@stephaniefoley5569]

I understand most recently another War Between the States submarine (similar to the Huntley) was discovered in the Mobile Alabama Bay.

[@MicahB98]

Yah a Yale student in Saybrook, Connecticut around 1775 attempted to bomb a British Warship with his submarine called “Turtle”, ended up failing, it was the first submarine warfare

[@DNHarris]

I agree with your choice for Michigan because the idea of mass production via assembly line technique applies not only to automobiles but nearly any manufactured.

[@jennylynn82173]

This is so fun! Love it!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks

[@angelaterranova1577]

Great video, definitely learned something new!

[@jasonwomack4064]

I'm not sure how the transistor was invented in Illinois in 1948. It was developed by Bell Labs at their (at the time) secret location in Manhattan, and demonstrated in 1947.

[@joeyrobison6629]

If it weren't for Jack Kilby, who worked for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, we would not be on our computers discussing inventions. He invented the integrated circuit, which our devices would not run without!

[@belindaharper5760]

Summerville South Carolina is the birthplace of sweet tea 😎

[@donnawalker3910]

Very interesting!

[@lornawestlake9280]

North Carolina did not invent the airplane. The Wright Brothers from Dayton Ohio brought their disassembled airplane to Kitty Hawk (Kill Devils Hill), a beach they had chosen for its winds. After two of their test flights, which got their prototype off the ground for seconds, they disassembled their plane and returned to Prairie Huffman, near Dayton, in Ohio. This is now a National Historic Site. On this open prairie, they continued to develop their invention until it could stay in the air for 45 minutes and fly in a wide circle, indicating that by 1904 they had control of their powered, heavier than air, aircraft. Please read David McCullough's book The Wright Brothers. It is totally unjust and downright ridiculous to say that North Carolina invented the airplane because it had windy beaches.

[@mr.munger]

Right! I couldn't believe he gave the airplane to North Carolina. I thought it was common knowledge it was invented in Dayton, OH. Ohio's "slogan" is "birthplace of aviation", the Huffman Prairie is a National Historic Site as you mentioned. Dayton also has the only Aviation Heritage Trail in the nation and is home to the National Museum of the United States Airforce and Aviation Hall of Fame for a reason. You can still see the Wright Cycle Company where they did their inventing and see their resting place as the Woodland Cemetery. Shocked Briggs screwed this one up.

[@ThelifeandtimesofBarneyTaylor]

Good one I enjoyed it

[@ashconner2293]

This is actually a really cool topic

[@feliciasampson8032]

Fun video! Washington's came as no surprise. Redmond should be renamed Microsoft City.

[@cleokey]

Good show

[@rhystheweirdo_]

9:12 you also forgot to mention that Dunkin Donuts started in MA

[@ethanbachelder7851]

Also in Maine, Chester Greenwood invented the modern earmuff in 1873 in my hometown of Farmington. The first day of winter is a holiday know as Chester Greenwood day.

[@realgauthier4111]

Honourable mention for North Dakota, the articulated 4WD tractor. By the Steiger Brothers. It is now the standard for every 4WD tractor in the world as we know today.

[@jallen8013]

I feel like there was a real missed opportunity with the invention of the blender where you could have said instead, "so if you like pina coladas...".

[@mrnosaj71]

Wisconsin also has the electric guitar, invented by Les Paul. Also the ice cream sundae.

[@markrichards6863]

Kentucky - moonshine, Alabama - moonshine, Louisiana - gumbo, Arizona - peyote. Iowa - the farmers daughter jokes

[@jimwalsh2001]

Also from North Dakota...Mr. Bubble!

[@Ryan713]

By "coolest" invention in Connecticut I was anticipating the frisbee, whiffle ball, the hamburger (disputed with Texas), or the local favorite birch beer soda (goes great with pizza). If you want to get controversial, Connecticut recognizes Gustave Whitehead (Stratford, CT) as the first in flight which has some international support. The real controversy is with the Smithsonian who admit there is a contract between the Wright family and themselves agreeing that they must say the Wright brothers were the first in flight or they could no longer keep the Kitty Hawk flyer. I roll my eyes every time I see a North Carolina "first in flight" license plate.

[@glenwest1911]

Cool list.

[@EndTheSimpademic]

Texas came up with the cooler, created by Igloo Coolers, today in Katy, originally in Houston

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Oh wow!

[@stephenharper6638]

And White-out, at least 50 Texans told me it was invented there by one of the Monkees' mothers. :)

[@rogersmith7396]

I thought Colonel Klink did that.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@stephenharper6638 Michael Nesmith, recently passed. His mother invented liquid paper and did quite well.

[@ralphontherr2395]

I may be wrong but think I heard Nebraska lays claim to pivot irrigation, if so, sure beats a ski lift

[@eisgeistschiller5244]

Sequel!! This was so cool

[@BorninVirginia]

I knew Chapstick was from Virginia, but didn't realize it was from my hometown, Lynchburg

[@Exderius]

Keep up the great work

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

I’ll say for Utah, it’s the artificial heart

[@AmyBarkerPhoto]

The artificial heart was also invented in Iowa. A doctor from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

[@rostamfarikhnehad6391]

He is Iranian

[@striker44]

No iota of doubt for that artificial aorta (heart) from iowa.

[@kaliberimaging5579]

I would have placed the integrated circuit above the electric typewriter for TX

[@Boombah49]

Nice job! Jello, Leroy NY!

[@darlenone6286]

My #1favorite is the washing machine😁 love cheeseburgers too! Great show! Do a foodie presentation please🍉🍿🍻🌮🍑🍄

[@sassygrammy1258]

George Washington Carver gave over 300 uses for the peanut-including peanut butter. This was just the tip of his inventions. As the “Father of the Peanut Industry,” George Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for peanuts, including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue, to help save agriculture in the South. His humanitarian efforts were well documented and his innovations were so popular that even Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized him.

[@carmelmhennessy9738]

Very interesting

[@phillipheaton9832]

The Hunley wasn't the first military submarine, the Turtle was used in Boston Harbor during the revolutionary war. MS-DOS was the first operating system on an IBM type computer, but there were earlier personal computers that had operating systems.

[@CareerKnight]

Immediately thought of the Turtle when he mentioned the Hunley.

[@TheRockInnRobin]

I’m surprised that Nike didn’t get an honorable mention from Oregon

[@trailrvs]

The hamburger was invented in Seymour, Wisconsin

[@tonedef1985]

Nebraska TV dinners and kool aid. Mic drop.

[@pamelamays4186]

I'm wearing a heart monitor right now.😉❤️

[@Zombiegurkha]

This maybe nitpicking, but the atom bomb was invented in Los Alamos, it was tested in Alamogordo.

[@d.e.7467]

John Deere just released a driver-less tractor out of their Waterloo,Iowa facility.

[@tinicoleofficial]

Proud born & raised Missourian here🙋🏾‍♀️ Not planning to stay here the rest of my life tho lol

[@aaronhow1932]

Great vid, Briggs! :) I like how it is a bit different than your other ones! Inventions are very neat. :)

[@mindibear]

The Burrito Blanket was invented in Arizona which is way cooler than the taser. 😆

[@tiktokfever2517]

Fun video. You could probably do 4 or 5 of these.

[@lorettaolson8748]

University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman invented soles for athletic shoes using his wife's waffle iron. Founded Nike. That is the best Oregon invention.

[@joshuacordero8163]

This was a great video, being from New Haven and Eli Whitney being from here I thought he invented the cotton gin here but hey I learned something new!!

[@martharunstheworld]

You can't put your hands on jazz, but you can have jazzy hands! :)

[@j.r.3215]

A transistor is a semiconductor device with at least three terminals for connection to an electric circuit. In the common case, the third terminal controls the flow of current between the other two terminals. This can be used for amplification, as in the case of a radio receiver, or for rapid switching, as in the case of digital circuits. The transistor replaced the vacuum-tube triode, also called a valve, which was much larger in size and used significantly more power to operate.The first transistor was successfully demonstrated on December 23, 1947 at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Bell Labs is the research arm of American Telephone and Telegraph. The three individuals credited with the invention of the transistor were William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The introduction of the transistor is often considered one of the most important inventions in history.

[@islandendeavor]

Texas - the integrated circuit was invented at Texas Instruments by a new guy ( don't remember his name) who was too new to get paid holidays, so he stayed and worked while everyone else was off... and invented the 1st integrated circuit that the company later made hand held electronic calculators with.

[@collwood9524]

I am pretty sure that the Ferris Wheel first built in the small town of Jacksonville Illinois by a man from Pennsylvania .....

[@idontknowwhoiamyet631]

You should do 10 Best Cities for Social Media Creators (KZbinrs, TikTokers, etc.).

[@For_The-namesakesnake]

Nobody: New York: We made toilet paper Sounds about right

[@outbackigloo6489]

A great improvement from Vermont’s invention. 😎

[@striker44]

Great video. Prefer WD40, skateboards, android, California rolls and popsicles over iphones. 😃

[@ed.7856]

Love your videos. This one is informative and entertaining! I just want to correct you real quick, not taking sides or anything, just corrective facts. Toilet paper was invented and used in china. Paper was used for thousands of years. What they invented in NY is the toilet paper roll.