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revealman
03-20-2018, 05:55 AM
one of the first helicopters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ján_Bahýľ

modern parachute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Štefan_Banič

electric guitar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera

invention of pen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoljub_Eduard_Penkala

invention of radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Murgaš

yellow cab invention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Hertz

modern photography and cinematography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Petzval

invention of GPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_A._Getting

ghost busters and other hollywood movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Reitman

Slovak Aurel Stodola was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Swiss Polytechnical Institute in Zurich. One of his students was Albert Einstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurel_Stodola

revealman
03-20-2018, 06:14 AM
One of the largest castles in europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiš_Castle

last remaining Sherpas in world (except nepal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjj036b3pSE

slovak shepherd dog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYSyCTo1yJ4

andy warhol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol

paul newman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman

father of angelina jolie has slovak roots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Voight

jessica biel
Jessica’s paternal grandfather was Donald Arthur Biel (the son of Edward Lincoln Biel and Carrie L. Rasmussen). Edward was born in Illinois, the son of Moritz/Morris Biel and Otillie/Ottilia Morskovitz, who were Jewish immigrants from Žilina in Slovakia).

one of the 3 marines is slovak on famous picture of "raising the flag on iwo jima"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Strank

slovak spaceflight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bella

slovak national instrument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMxWlVYP2o

revealman
03-20-2018, 10:41 AM
flying car invention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juraj_Vaculík

invention of biodegradable plastic and eyewear
https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/crafting-plastics-studio-biodegradable-plastic-eyewear/

contactless charger
https://www.gvrbove.sk/en/about-school/achievements-of-school/325/ridelo-america-2017

slovaks invented navigation for iphone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sygic

dna screening test
http://trisomytest.com/blog/2016/10/28/a-dna-screening-test-developed-by-slovaks-gradually-put-into-practice-by-laboratories-abroad/

Tertius
05-15-2019, 04:18 PM
Penkala is Dutch-Polish, Petzval and Getting are half Germans, Strank is Ukrainian-Lemko, Hertz and Reitman are Jews, Newman half Jew.

Satem
10-12-2019, 04:45 PM
Juraj Jánošík, Slovakian version of Robin Hood

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juraj_Jánošík