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Name something the Germans invented without googling (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

The no card payment sign.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Gummy Bears.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Automatic Transmission

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We invented the car

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

"I know a little German.. He's standing over there! "

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Stable Diffusion
Those same folks went on to create FLUX.

I'm loving it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Zyklon B, E605

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Flammable "Fertilizer."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Socks in Sandals

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Those cool windows that Americans mistake for broken. I'm American and I want those windows... also a bidet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just need to combine those windows with built-in bug nets and we're solid.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jet engines?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Since folks have left me the easy ones, a fair number of things ending in "wurst," like Weißwurst.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The rotary engine, also known as the Wankel engine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They also invented diesel fuel. Is the Wankel engine used anywhere now?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. New Mazdas use one as a range extender. It's shitty.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gorilla Glass (the super strong glass used in most cell phone screens) was invented by East Germany after the war, before the wall fell.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Are you thinking of Superfest? Gorilla Glass is American and seems to predate Superfest.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

kindergarten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kindergarten is even a German word would translate to Kinder= Kids Garten= Yard? So Kidsyard... Was funny for me as a German to learn that it actually is named Kindergarten in English..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Garten is garden, but sure, yard is fine too.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Diesel engine, Mustard gas, and Synthetic fertilizer.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depending om what you mean by "inventing synthetic fertilizer", couldn't the invention be either Norwegian (Birkeland-Eyde), German (Haber), or English (Thomas)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haber, he is generally credited with creating the process. Also mustard gas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, obviously Haber is credited with creating the Haber process. As for inventing synthetic fertilizer, I'm going for it being a Norwegian invention with the Birkeland-Eyde process.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The vacuum pump?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Diesel engine, Fischer-Tropsch, Homeopathy.

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