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Name something the Germans invented without googling (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] SlopppyEngineer 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As far as the story goes, the meat-in-a-bun concept was taken by sailors from Hamburg to the USA, where it was tweaked for local preferences and then called a hamburger. So the Germans invented it, USA marketed it.

[–] StaticFalconar 1 points 6 days ago

When you go back further it was the romans that brought that concept to Germany. Romans invented it, Germany tweaked it, and USA went further with it.

[–] victorz 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

So they

  1. Applied previous knowledge
  2. Created something observed to be new
  3. Named it

And that doesn't count? What's the definition of inventing something? If I create a new flavor of bread, does it not count because flour was already invented?