Name literally anything else Finland has ever done

>he doesnt remember

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Finns founded the Rus' state
Rurik had finnish roots

>2006 was 20 years ago

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Nokia and moomin were literally my childhood

Electric sail

Also called an electric solar wind sail or E-sail, the electric sail was invented in 2006 by Pekka Janhunen at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. It's a form of spacecraft propulsion that uses the dynamic pressure of solar winds as a means of thrust. An electric field is formed with small wires, which deflects solar wind protons and extracts their momentum. It can be used for fast missions to planet Uranus, to study the sun at a closer distance, or other solar system explorations. The propulsion system could send a spacecraft to the edge of our solar system (the heliopause) three times faster than ever before.

The Internet Browser

Well, internet browsers as we know them. The first internet browser with a graphical user interface (in other words, not just plain text) was invented by four Finnish students - Kim Nyberg, Teemu Rantanen, Kati Suominen and Kari Sydanmaanlakka - for their master's project at Helsinki University of Technology. Called Erwise, it was released in 1992, but halted soon after the students graduated. Founder of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee went to Finland and encouraged them to continue with the project, but it didn't have proper funding. Though Erwise is discontinued, it paved the way for the user-friendly web browsing we use today.

Not saying that were not irrelevant but people seem to be able to name a few things related to Finland while I can’t name a single Mexican company or a person and we’re comparing a country of 5 million (most of recorded history below 1 million) to a country of 130 million.

Safety reflector

Finnish farmer Arvi Lehti invented the safety reflector for use on his horse carts during long, dark winters. Now, pedestrians are required by law to wear reflectors when traveling in dark conditions in Finland. Countries that use reflectors have the lowest pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries, and it keeps bikers, joggers, and others on the road safe too. This is because they can be seen at more than three times the distance as they would be without a reflector, giving drivers time to slow down or move over.

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Nokia

Though most-known for phones, Nokia actually started as a paper production company in 1865. Its name was derived from the Nokianvirta River on which the company was established. Before becoming an electronics company in 1960, the brand's most famous product was rubber boots. Today, the company is most associated with its early, seemingly indestructible phones. Its success made it the largest worldwide company during its peak in 2000 and a source of Finnish pride. The company alone accounted for 4% of the country's GDP, 21% of total exports and 70% of the Helsinki Stock Exchange market capital. The world's first GSM call (1991) and satellite call (1994) were done on a Nokia phone!

Yikes

SMS (texting)

It's hard to imagine a world without texting these days. Mobile phones were originally intended for businessmen on the road, but soon ordinary people were buying the phones for personal use. Short for Short Message Service, SMS was pioneered by Matti Makkonen while working for Nokia Networks and Tele Finland. He pitched the concept of text messaging over cellular networks in 1984 and helped get the ball rolling on the technology in its earliest days during the 1990's.

The IRC Chat Protocol

But even if that might be true, they still were the inventors of the first protocol for chatting on the internet: the IRC. When I was very very young, the IRC and the Messenger were everything. Meanwhile, times have changed and this protocol has lost popularity over the years. Nonetheless, the seed of the idea to communicate and chat on the Internet with short messages was Finnish.

Nokia
Sampo
Fortum
UPM-Kymmene
Kone
Stora Enso
Wärtsilä
Neste Oil
Fiskars
Kesko
Pohjola Bank
Metso
Rautaruukki
Outokumpu
OKO Bank
M-real
Sanoma
YIT Group
Alko
Amer Sports
Cargotec
Elektrobit
Elisa
Fazer
Finavia
Finnair
Finnlines
Hesburger
Huhtamaki
Konecranes
Nokian Renkaat
Nordkalk
Orion Oyj
Outotec
Polar Electro
Silja Line
TietoEnator
Viking Line
VTT

Finland the biggest contributor to global innovation

SAKARI PIIPPO
Finland is the biggest contributor to global innovation in the world, finds a study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).

Top 10 countries contributing most to global innovation through policy
Finland
Sweden
UK
Singapore
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
Ireland
Austria
US
The countries were ranked based on 27 different factors reflecting the way their economic and trade policies contribute to and detract from the global innovation system. Other countries in the top five after Finland were Sweden, UK, Singapore and the Netherlands.

Dunno what this exactly means but I bet it's something good.

Now tell me what Mexico has done in the past 100 years besides tacos and drug cartels, because I can't tell anything

Fucking hell this thread is filled with autism

Eukonkanto

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Suunto is quite world wide known brand. They make compasses and scuba gear

Oho pojat meni taas kerran syöttiin!

Don't care. I like to sperg out once in a while.

It doesn't matter because we like to bite the baits.

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