Did You Know?

The first tie was worn by Croatian soldiers
The first parachute was invented by a Croat Faust Vrancic
Slavoljub Penkala invented the ball point pen and fountain pen
Ivan Vucetic invented dactyloscopy - a method of identification based on fingerprints
Lavoslav Ruzicka
in 1939, received the Noble Prize in the field of organic synthesis
Vladimir Prelog in 1975 - received the Noble Prize for the achievements in the field of stereochemistry of natural compounds
Stjepan Mohoroivcic - discovered the existence of a discontinuity layer between the surface and the core of the Earth called today Moho layer

These are only a few facts that show how the Croats have contributed to humanity.