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A WORLD
WITHOUT
BELGIUM
P
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T
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A WORLD
WITHOUT
BELGIUM
P
R
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S
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N
T
S
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ANYTHING MISSING?
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NO BELGIUM?
SO WHAT?
You might think that very few people would notice any
difference in a Belgiumless world.
We beg to disagree.
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CAN YOU NAME ANY
BELGIAN INVENTION?
Need help? Let’s give you a hand...
Perhaps not everyone knows that...
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HEALTH CARE
Contraceptive pill
(Ferdinand Peeters, 1961)
Non-direct blood transfusions
(Albert Hustin, 1914)
Body Mass Index
(Adolphe Quetelet, 1830s-1850s)
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CARTOGRAPHY
Mercator projection
(Gerardus Mercator, 1569)
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IT
Daubechies wavelets JPEG 2000
compression (Ingrid Daubechies, 1988)
The World Wide Web
(Tim Berners-Lee & Robert Cailliau, 1990)
Rijndael cipher Advanced
Encryption Standard
(Vincent Rijmen & Joan Daemen, 1998)
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AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Parking sensors
(Rudy Beckers, 1987)
Internal combustion engine
(Étienne Lenoir, 1858)
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INDUSTRIAL
CHEMISTRY
Asphalt
(Edward de Smedt, 1870)
Soda ash
(Ernest Solvay, 1861)
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INDUSTRIAL
CHEMISTRY
Mosquito repellent
(Alfons Van Doninck, 1987)CFCs, aka Freon
(Frédéric Swarts, 1890s)
Bakelite
(Leo Baekeland, 1912)
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EDUCATION
Cuisenaire rods
(Georges Cuisenaire, 1931)
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Belgian fries
(unknown, 18th century)
FOOD
French fries
(unknown, 18th century)
Praline
(Jean Neuhaus, 1912)
Russian salad
(Lucien Olivier, 1860s)
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ARTS
Saxophone
(Adolphe Sax, 1840)
The Adventures of Tintin
(Hergé, 1929)
The Smurfs
(Peyo, 1958)
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LET’S TRY AGAIN!
IS ANYTHING MISSING?
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YES!
AND THE WORLD
WOULD NOT BE THE
SAME WITHOUT IT!
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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!
Now you can have some Belgian beer!