Originally Posted by shaman
My Dad told me a German invented the lightbulb. Dad was good for stuff like that.

A German discovered America
A German invented the automobile
A German invented the airplane.

You name it. A German did it first.

He'd gotten all this from his father. He was trying his best to pass it on to me.

Lightbulb? Yep! Look it up! https://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/ontario/first-electric-light-bulb/

1854 – Henricg Globel, a German watchmaker, invented the first true light bulb. He used a carbonized bamboo filament placed inside a glass bulb.

Ya can always tell a German....
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