Our civilization is highly advanced and the reason we got there is there are a bunch of super smart people who invented things to make our lives easier/better. As a matter of fact, every state has at least one important invention that came out of it.
The folks at MidAmerica Nazarene University set out to highlight the most impactful contributions of each state.
Colorado's is a little embarrassing, but very necessary if you ask the ladies... Tampons. They were invented in Colorado in 1929 by Dr. Earle Haas. But that begs the question, what did girls use before that? Ummmmm...