Sometimes we take the things we use in our daily lives for granted. Here are a few things the world wouldn’t have if not for black inventors:

1. Ironing board

Our clothes would always be wrinkled without the item patented by Sarah Boone. 

2. Super soaker

Lonnie G. Johnson made summers a lot more fun with this invention. 

3. Refrigerator

Thanks to John Standard, we can all keep our leftovers.

4. Traffic lights  

5. And gas masks 

Garrett Morgan patented both of these things. 

6. Potato chips

We can thank George Crum for this one. 

7. Peanut butter

George Washington Carver created this delicious snack.

8. Pacemaker 

Otis Boykin is responsible for saving hearts all over the world.

9. Mailbox

Without Philip B. Downing’s invention, there’d be no way to keep your mail safe.

10. Elevator doors

Alexander Miles kept us all from falling out of elevators.

So many things just simply wouldn’t exist.