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The extra 鈥渢hing鈥� 鈥� what should it be? Shortlist: the credit card, glass, GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet. Voting for the 51st Thing has now closed.
The extra 鈥渢hing鈥� 鈥� what should it be? Shortlist: the credit card, glass, GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet. Voting for the 51st Thing has now closed. The winning 鈥渢hing鈥� will be revealed on Saturday 28 October 2017.
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
(Image: Montage of pencil, credit card, glass, spreadsheet, GPS, irrigation, Credit: Getty Images/Shutterstock)
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
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