I have never facepalmed so hard.
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http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/economy/100-great-things-america.fortune/1. Resilience
2. Title IX
3. The Ford assembly line
4. Batman
5. Bald eagle
6. The G.I. Bill
7. Smithsonian
8. Idaho potatoes
9. Brooklyn Bridge
10. Smokey Bear
11. Groundhog Day
12. Tupac's hologram
13. Polio vaccine
14. Omaha Steaks
15. Bob Dylan, 1965, Newport Folk Festival
16. Pete Seeger
17. Mini golf
18. The White House
19. Pictionary
20. Snuggies
21. Basketball
22. Scooby-doo
23. Sleepaway camp
24. Mormons
25. The DynaTAC "brick"
26. Capture the flag
27. Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run"
28. U.S. Open
29. Hollywood sign
30. Lady Gaga
31. Saturday Night Live
32. Charlotte's Web
33. The cheeseburger
34. I have a dream speech
35. Jukebox
36. The Triple Crown
37. Roller derbies
38. Campbell's Soup cans
39. Megamillions
40. Texas linedancing
41. Marshmallow Peeps
42. Skateboarding
43. Polaroid (and its successors)
44. Teddy bears
45. Woody Allen
46. Microwave
47. Credit cards
48. Beach volleyball
49. Twister
50. QWERTY
51. Silicon Valley
52. Pride Week
53. The Blues
54. Flapjacks
55. Kickstarter
56. Peanut butter
57. Hershey's
58. Pacific Coast Highway
59. Comic-Con
60. Swanson
61. NASA
62. Trick-or-treating
63. Dolly Parton
64. The soda shop
65. NPR
66. Moore's law
67. Crayola
68. Human Genome Project
69. Rube Goldberg machines
70. Maine Lobster Festival
71. The Dougie
72. Rodeos
73. Muppets
74. Lucasfilms
75. Cheerleading
76. Shark Week
77. Internet memes
78. Ticker-tape parades
79. Kool-Aid
80. Dr. Seuss books
81. Key Lime Pie
82. Tailgating
83. Pop-tarts
84. Tipping
85. Stephen Colbert
86. Fender guitars
87. Chevrolet Corvette
88. Instagram
89. Play-doh
90. Top Chef
91. Potato chips
92. Happy hour
93. ProPublica
94. Appalachian Trail
95. Star Trek
96. New England Clam Chowder
97. WiFi
98. The GIF
99. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
100. American Psycho
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*insert Slipknot's 'All Hope Is Gone' here*