PolitiFact: Sure, Americans Invented Pong - But What About Space Invaders?

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PolitiFact: Sure, Americans Invented Pong - But What About Space Invaders?

KUT 90.5 | By Nathan Bernier

Published June 19, 2013 at 5:43 AM CDT

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz recently praised American ingenuity at a college graduation in Michigan, saying 鈥淎mericans were the first to walk on the moon. We invented 鈥楶ong,鈥� 鈥楽pace Invaders鈥� and the iPhone.鈥�

Sure, the iPhone and Pong were American inventions, but 鈥淪pace Invaders?鈥� Gardner Selby with the Austin American-Statesman's fact-checking project, , came by to tell us what they found out.

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PolitiFact: Sure, Americans Invented Pong - But What About Space Invaders?