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So, I stumbled across this article today about the most famous German inventions and felt really bad for not having known about the Germanness of just about all of these. In the spirit of post-world cup enthusiasm, I thought I'd share the most impressive ones (coffee filters, for instance, or tea bags! Hah!)
Air Bags (Mercedes Benz, 1971)
Aspirin (Felix Hoffmann,1897)
the car (Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, 1886)
book printing (Gutenberg, 1440)
chip cards (Jürgen Dethloff, Helmut Gröttrup, 1969)
computer (Konrad Zuse, 1941)
TV (Manfred von Ardenne, 1930)
light bulb (Heinrich Göbel, 1854) [probably only in German history books though. Fuzzy details.]
helicopters (Heinrich Focke, 1936)
coffee filters! (Melitta Benz, 1908) First woman! "Melitta" coffee filters are quite a big brand over here. Edumacational!
fridges (Foron Hausgeräte GmbH, 1993)
motorcycles (Gottlieb Daimler, 1885)
mp3-format (Frauenhöfer Institut, 1987)
the periodic table (Julius Lothar Meyer, 1864)
the pill (Schering AG, 1961)
relativity theory (1905. I'll trust you actually know who it was)
x rays (Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, 1895) [the verb "to x-ray" in German is, in fact, "röntgen"]
scanners (Rudolf Hell, 1951)
tooth paste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg, 1907)
Then I went snooping around online, looking for fitting Chuck Norris facts to put on a shirt for my brother's upcoming birthday and happened upon this: (and no, I don't know how.)
Covers of lesbian pulp novels! Naturally, I started snooping and... well. I'll just post an few favourites of mine,
And last but certainly not least, we have THIS:
Sadly, I somehow doubt this is the actual cover that was printed, but since the mere thought is making me snortgiggle, I'll be happy in my little bubble over here.
Now, oh wise and helpful flist, I turn to you pleadingly: If you were a 21-year-old, possibily lobotomized sibling of mine, what would you prefer your shirt reads? please to be ignoring the vague whiff of testosteroney fanboyishness about this
Poll Chuck Norris shirt
Air Bags (Mercedes Benz, 1971)
Aspirin (Felix Hoffmann,1897)
the car (Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, 1886)
book printing (Gutenberg, 1440)
chip cards (Jürgen Dethloff, Helmut Gröttrup, 1969)
computer (Konrad Zuse, 1941)
TV (Manfred von Ardenne, 1930)
light bulb (Heinrich Göbel, 1854) [probably only in German history books though. Fuzzy details.]
helicopters (Heinrich Focke, 1936)
coffee filters! (Melitta Benz, 1908) First woman! "Melitta" coffee filters are quite a big brand over here. Edumacational!
fridges (Foron Hausgeräte GmbH, 1993)
motorcycles (Gottlieb Daimler, 1885)
mp3-format (Frauenhöfer Institut, 1987)
the periodic table (Julius Lothar Meyer, 1864)
the pill (Schering AG, 1961)
relativity theory (1905. I'll trust you actually know who it was)
x rays (Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, 1895) [the verb "to x-ray" in German is, in fact, "röntgen"]
scanners (Rudolf Hell, 1951)
tooth paste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg, 1907)
Then I went snooping around online, looking for fitting Chuck Norris facts to put on a shirt for my brother's upcoming birthday and happened upon this: (and no, I don't know how.)
Covers of lesbian pulp novels! Naturally, I started snooping and... well. I'll just post an few favourites of mine,
And last but certainly not least, we have THIS:
Sadly, I somehow doubt this is the actual cover that was printed, but since the mere thought is making me snortgiggle, I'll be happy in my little bubble over here.
Now, oh wise and helpful flist, I turn to you pleadingly: If you were a 21-year-old, possibily lobotomized sibling of mine, what would you prefer your shirt reads? please to be ignoring the vague whiff of testosteroney fanboyishness about this
Poll Chuck Norris shirt