This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey among Americans regarding the best invention of the past 85 years. 26 percent of respondents considered antibiotics the best invention, the same percentage chose the Internet as the greatest invention of the past decades.
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YouGov. (July 12, 2013). Which of the following inventions from the past 85 years would you say is the greatest? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 02, 2026, from /statistics/262026/survey-on-the-best-inventions-of-the-last-decades/
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