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Name something the Germans invented without googling (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Name something the Germans didn't invent.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 30 points 1 week ago

concentration camps

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

But they were the first to have a bakery attached.

[-] computerscientistII@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Nope. The Brits did that, in South Africa, iirc.

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

You are supposed to mention things the Germans didn't invent in this section.

[-] computerscientistII@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, right. Somehow I only noticed the original post.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 11 points 1 week ago

Humor

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Civil engineering. And they've been confused at how the Italians beat them to it ever since

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Inefficiency

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Germans known inefficiency pretty damn well, I can tell you that much.

[-] gregor@gregtech.eu 3 points 1 week ago

Tough one

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

The number zero, sanitation, statistics.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Airplanes.

[-] computerscientistII@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

Germany actually did invent this. The brothers Wright only stuck an engine to it. The first glider that actually deserved its name was inveted by Otto Lilienthal. He died in it. Without his work, the Wright brothers would not have been able to build their plane.

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

All inventions being based on some previous work, is it not the Wright who invented the airplane, and Lilienthal who invented the glider?

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Technically, the Wrights' main contribution was the 3-axis steering mechanism, which is what made powered flight practical.

[-] computerscientistII@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

I agree. Lilienthal showed a proof of concept. The Wrights made it practical. As soon as aerodynamics was understood a bit better, there was enough lift, to move the whole elevator assembli to the back of the plane, but apart from that, the whole thing still is the most practical approach.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Noodles.

[-] pkill@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Telephone

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

Okay then, glass. Invented in 9th century in Spain.

[-] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

IN THIS HOUSE IT WAS ANTONIO MEUCCI, END OF DISCUSSION!

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Greggs sausage rolls. Or are we counting the Anglo-Saxons as ex-pats?

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