When you think of New York, I know most people think of New York City. The big city and bright lights, immigrants bringing their skills and ideas that would change the country. Some of those things were inventions that we still use today. Of course, we can't limit ourselves to just New York City, the entire Empire State has contributed inventions that changed history and some we still use today.

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After an exhaustive Google search of all of about ten minutes, I compiled a list of ten random things that were invented right here in New York.

So, in no particular order here's my list.

Ten Random Things Invented In New York

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