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The ratcheting wrench is an invaluable tool in any toolbox. Here's who invented the first one with interchangeable sockets and why it's so useful.

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In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail and asylums. W.B. was “a quiet and useful man,” the doctor wrote ...