contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 days agoTIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers.en.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 days agoIn Denmark an adjustable wrench is called a swedish wrench/key.
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoAs another Dane, I often feel like I should hate the swedes, but they make it hard to do so by being awfully nice and inventing so much awesome stuff.
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days agocarl erik johansson is one of my heroes.
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoAlso known as universal-nut-rounder
In Denmark an adjustable wrench is called a swedish wrench/key.
As another Dane, I often feel like I should hate the swedes, but they make it hard to do so by being awfully nice and inventing so much awesome stuff.
carl erik johansson is one of my heroes.
Also known as universal-nut-rounder