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The first power drill was designed to stir soup — which is why it still sounds hungry.

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The portable electric drill is usually credited to Wilhelm Emil Fein in Germany in 1895, and the pistol-grip drill to Black and Decker in 1916. It was designed for drilling, not stirring soup.

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