England, Manchester [I]"The modern world was created in Manchester. Here one of the greatest breakthroughs in the Industrial Revolution, John Kay’s invention of the Fly Shuttle, occurred in 1733. Here Britain’s first canal was built (1761), John Dalton devised atomic theory (1803), vegetarianism began (1809), the world’s first railway line opened (1830), the submarine was developed (1878), regular competitive football devised with the Football League (1888), Rolls Royce was built (1906), the computer invented (1948) and Graphene, the world’s thinnest substance, one atom thick, produced (2004). These are just some of the Manchester inventions that shook the world"[/I] [quote=Kho] London. Birthplace of everything. 'nuff said B| [/quote] Pffft... Southern Fairy!