Facebook comes in 5th place on a “50 things you couldn’t live without list” beating out things like a flushing toilet, a shower, email and Twitter. Actually, Twitter came in last place at number 50, but at least it made the list!

The list I am referring to is a recent study conducted by the London Science Museum. They surveyed 3,000 people about 50 things they could not live without.

The intention of the survey was in support of the museum’s latest exhibition, Water Wars: Fight The Food Crisis, which shows the need for fresh water and the technologies focused on helping solve the problem.

Here is the full list of results via TheNextWeb:

1. Sunshine
2. Internet connection
3. Clean drinking water
4. Fridge
5. Facebook
6. NHS
7. Cooker
8. Email
9. Flushing toilet
10. Mobile phone / smartphone
11. Tea and Coffee
12. Washing machine
13. Shower
14. Central heating
15. Painkillers
16. Fresh vegetables
17. Vacuum Cleaner
18. Kettle
19. Sofa
20. Shoes
21. Fresh fruit
22. Google
23. Car
24. Hair straighteners
25. Public transport
26. Laptop
27. Chocolate
28. DVD Player
29. Wristwatch
30. Make-up
31. Flat screen TV
32. Wedding ring
33. Tumble dryer
34. Bottled water
35. Ebay
36. Bicycle
37. Ipod
38. Air conditioning
39. Disposable nappies
40. Light bulbs
41. Spell-check
42. Sat Nav
43. Push-up bra
44. Nintendo Wii
45. iPad
46. Gym Membership
47. Season ticket to your football club
48. Freezer
49. Xbox
50. Twitter

What item shocks you the most that made the list? Or, is there anything that didn’t make the list that you think should most definitely be on there!

The fact that Facebook made it in the top 5 along with clean drinking water really surprises me. And it beat out a flushing toilet? Seriously people?!