Aucun pays n'a inventé autant de choses que la FRANCE

1. Hot air balloon
2. Braille writing system
3. Photography (Daguerreotype)
4. Stethoscope
5. Sewing machine
6. Parachute
7. Bicycle
8. Submarine
9. Pasteurization
10. Eiffel Tower
11. Cinema
12. Modern bicycle (penny-farthing)
13. Fountain pen
14. Croissant
15. Rubber eraser
16. Photography in color
17. Neon lighting
18. Diesel engine
19. Bikini
20. Helicopter
21. Modern pencil
22. Morse code
23. Modern firefighting
24. Saxophone
25. Toilets (flushing)
26. Modern safety razor
27. Ballpoint pen
28. Cinema projection
29. Ultraviolet lamps
30. Radio
31. SONAR
32. Airplane (in collaboration with the Wright brothers)
33. Concorde (supersonic airliner)
34. Calculator (mechanical)
35. Neon signs
36. Modern swimsuit
37. Modern football (soccer)
38. Reflective road studs
39. Fencing
40. Digital calculator
41. Artificial heart
42. Holography
43. Smoke detector
44. Bulletproof vests
45. Compact disc
46. Web browser (WorldWideWeb by Tim Berners-Lee)
47. High-speed train (TGV)
48. Smart card (chip card)
49. Euro currency
50. FIFA World Cup (co-founder of FIFA)

Et cette liste vient d'un rosbeef, d'où l'anglais.