We all know Leicester has given the world sporting legends, musicians, actors and entrepreneurs.
Over the years, we've been known for luminaries from Martin Johnson to Engelbert Humperdinck to Joseph Merrick.
And our industries have changed the face of the world, from the factories of Ernest Gimson to the high street stalwarts of Jessops and Currys.
We've certainly made our mark - here's some of the amazing, or unusual, or just downright odd ways we've influenced the modern world.
Some of them may surprise you...
Savoury food
Let's get this one out of the way early, nobody does food quite like Leicestershire.
We may not be able to lay claim to inventing cheese, but we make the very best here, in the form of Stilton and Red Leicester.
In fact if it's not from the East Midlands, it can't be called Stilton.
Our Melton pork pies are also protected in the same way, and nobody creates a crunchy crisp quite like Walkers.
Package holidays
The fact we can easily jet off to Tenerife to sun ourselves is down to Leicester's own Thomas Cook.
What started as a modest train excursion to Loughborough in 1841 led to the founding of an international travel company and the age of mass travel.
Think of that when you're next able to book a break!
Extreme ironing
Okay, we'll concede this hasn't exactly changed the world.
But the peculiar sport of extreme ironing - where competitors take an iron and board to the most extreme location possibles and ironing a few items of laundry - was invented here back in the late 1990s.
The creation of Phil 'Steam' Shaw's grew in popularity to the point in 2002 where the first Extreme Ironing World Championships was held in Munich.
Surely it's worth a mention for raising a few smiles.
Modern comedy
Talking of raising a few smiles, Monty Python pioneer Graham Chapman hails from Wigston.
So Leicestershire had an influence in the surrealist tearing up of the rulebooks that the Pythons undertook in the 1960s.
Their call for something completely different ended up influencing nearly all modern comedy from Deadpool to The Simpsons, and creating an entirely new term, Pythonesque, for their ideas.
Walkie talkies
Walkie talkies, or as they're more boringly known, handheld transceivers, were developed in the Second World War by Leicester-born Donald L Hings.
Hugely useful tech for the military, they then spread to commercial use and eventually a popular children's toy.
Mobiles may have killed off their use nowadays, but there's a simple joy still of making a static noise and ending every sentence 'over'.
DNA fingerprinting
Sir Alec Jeffreys developed DNA profiling while at the University of Leicester in the mid-1980s.
And its first use forensically was also carried out in Leicestershire, helping to solve the murder and rape of two teenager and convict Colin Pitchfork of the crimes in 1988.
The subsequent impact of DNA on solving paternity and immigration cases, catching criminals and freeing the innocent has been extraordinary, directly affecting the lives of millions of people worldwide.
Blue Peter
The long-running children's magazine show was first aired back in 1958, and is still a favourite on the BBC today.
Its success in the early days can be largely credited to Leicester's Biddy Baxter.
She was one of the show's first editors and is famously the inventor of the iconic Blue Peter Badge.
The best toys
Coalville company Palitoy had a hand in some of the best loved toys we grew up with.
They made the Star Wars range back in the 1970s, brought us Action Man, and patented some of the first dolls which could 'sleep' and also wet themselves.
They also produced Airfix, Meccano, Play-doh and more.
In addition, the classic 1970s board game Mastermind was developed by Leicester's Invicta Plastics, and the famous man in a grey suit and his mysterious sidekick were recruited off the street for the photoshoot here in Leicester.
Parliament
All those in favour say 'aye'.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, led the opposition to King Henry III and helped develop the political landscape of the country.
He called two parliaments, which stripped the king of his unlimited authority and gave power to ordinary citizens from up and down the land for the first time.
Blu Tack
Blu Tack is an iconic piece of stationery and can be found in homes and offices across the globe. But did you know that it was invented right here in Leicester ?
The Bostik factory, in Ulverscroft Road, Belgrave, still produces up to 100 tonnes of Blu Tack every week.
Since 1969, the recipe for making Blu Tack has been kept a closely-guarded secret, and none of the staff at the Belgrave factory know it.
However the substance, made from chalk, oil and other chemicals, was actually a by-product of an experiment to make a new sealant.
The experiment was a complete failure, but someone started using the goo to put up notices. Once the company realised what they had, they turned it blue - and the rest is history.
Dimpled golf balls
Next time you go for a drive, remember the help that Leicester has given your game.
Without the dimples, your golf ball would only go around 130 yards.
The modern dimpled design was developed more than 100 years by William Taylor, who noticed that older worn balls tended to outperform smooth new ones, and his idea is still very much in use today.
Traffic wardens
In 1961, a traffic wardens unit was established here in Leicester, and our wardens were the first to operate anywhere in the UK outside London.
The scheme, which operated out of the police's headquarters on the corner of Charles Street and St Georges Way, was a success and become replicated across the country.
Black holes
Don't blame us, we didn't invent them, and there aren't any of them in the city luckily.
But research by Ken Pounds and his team at the University of Leicester expanded our knowledge of black holes, and helped to provide the best evidence so far that black holes are in fact extremely common in the universe.
Modern English
Did you know that the English language we use today actually originated in Leicester?
It's thought that after warring Anglo Saxons and Vikings set aside their differences, the two communities started sharing their trades and languages - and helped to shape modern standard English.
If it wasn't for this, we would probably still use an Anglo-Saxon style language more similar to German.
Fairytales that come true
We've conquered the world in sporting spheres many times.
Our cricketers, rugby players, snooker stars, boxers and more have all tasted success on a global level.
But the heroics of Leicester City's title winners against the odds, 5,000-1 no less, showed the world that no matter how much things may be stacked against you dreams really can come true.
Dilly ding, dilly dong.
What do you think is the best thing that Leicester has given the world? Let us know in the comments!
Read more:
- 20 famous people Leicestershire has given to the world
- A Leicester miscellany: A selection of weird and wonderful facts and figures about our city and county
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