Over the years, the Red Rose county has seen a whole host of inventions, and some have become everyday items, phrases or ways of life - without us even realising their history.
So take a look at the pages below, and be prepared to be amazed.
5. Reebok
Reebok was originally founded as J.W. Foster and Sons in Bolton, when it was in Lancashire. Later became global as Reebok. | National World
6. Electric street tramway
In 1885, Blackpool introduced the world’s first permanent electric street tramway. The first section opened on 29 September 1885, a conduit line from Cocker Street to Dean Street on Blackpool Promenade. It was one of the first practical electric tramways in the world, just six years after Werner von Siemens first demonstrated electric traction. Photo: UGC
7. The word dinosaur
Former Lancaster Royal Grammar School pupil turned British biologist and palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen, pictured in 1875, is known for coining the word 'dinosauria' from which the term dinosaur derives. As a young man Owen recognised the fossils found at the Jurassic coast shared a number of distinctive features. He said they were terrible lizards. Photo: Hulton Archive
8. Booths
Booths supermarket began in June 1847 when Edwin Henry Booth opened a small tea shop called The China House in Blackpool. Starting with a small loan, he repaid it quickly and expanded, later adding wines and spirits in 1863 and opening more stores in the North of England. Today, Booths is still a family-owned business with the fifth-generation Edwin J. Booth as its chairman. Its headquarters is in Preston. | National World