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Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Charles Monk, Monkey Wrenches and a "Monkey on a Stick" - a Gripping History and Etymology of "Monkey Wrench"
Daily Black History Facts - April 18, 1922: Jack Johnson received a patent for his improvement to the monkey wrench. While Johnson was in Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas, he found a
Manatee Village Historical Park - We're throwing a wrench your way! The wrench as we know it was a refinement on the English coach wrenches of the 1700s. | Facebook
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