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The extra βthingβ β what should it be? Shortlist: the credit card, glass, GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet. Voting for the 51st Thing has now closed.
The extra βthingβ β what should it be? Shortlist: the credit card, glass, GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet. Voting for the 51st Thing has now closed. The winning βthingβ will be revealed on Saturday 28 October 2017.
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
(Image: Montage of pencil, credit card, glass, spreadsheet, GPS, irrigation, Credit: Getty Images/Shutterstock)
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03:50GMT
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
The stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which helped create the economic world
