Single Most Important Advancements In The 20th Century

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Antibiotics
The Internet
What isn't there to say about the internet. Thanks to the internet you can now know any piece of information in the world by the click of a button. I can't name a single day I don't use the internet and I doubt anybody could that has access to it.
The automobile
The Airplane
Before the airplane traveling across the oceans is something that would take months. Now you can hop in an airplane and be at the other side of the world in a day. Airplanes are also great because they help with farming, delivery, and revolutionized warfare. The airplane has had an impact on every country in the world.
The order
I put antibiotics as the single most important advancement in the 20th century because I feel nothing is more important

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