The chainsaw was first used to saw bone, not trees. This was before anesthesia.
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The chainsaw was first used to saw bone, not trees
That makes it sound like it was used for amputation...
It was invented to aid with childbirth
HOW IS THAT BETTER
The crazy part is it was less painful then what they were doing without the chainsaw...
On the plus side I believe that was the same time they invented vibrators, and when women complained about how shitty everything was, they'd just go get vibrated to cure their "hysteria".
Here's a very upbeat song by Riki Lindholm about it:
Chainsaws are fast, imagine doing it with a manual saw
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oof
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It used to be hand-cranked too.
Hadn't heard the hank crank part before. That's extra brutal
I'm so happy that I'm living in 2025
In use in Ireland until the 1980s, apparently. TIL.
"Hey while you're giving birth anyway, I'm just gonna use this hand-cranked kitchen appliance thing to saw your pelvis apart. Please try to relax."
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And it was made for use during childbirth.
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Probably a cheap one and nothing new new but: Meta used to serve you specially predatory adds: about crazy beauty standards when you changed your status in facebook from in a relationship to single. Because they knew you'd be more likely to buy these products when your confidence is at it's lowest.
Nestlé does not only have food products and water in it's portfolio they also owns 20% of L'oréal and their products.
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The first microwave ovens created were being used to gently re-warm frozen live hamsters, because when they tried to reheat the hamsters with conventional cooking methods, they heated unevenly and burned at the edges, which isn't good for the hamsters.
I have to assume the microwave didn't work either, because they cook far more unevenly than an oven.
It was actually rather successful! Some papers about this research are available here (first use of a microwave to thaw living rats) and here (comparison of some other warming methods), and there’s a good Tom Scott video on the experiment as well.
On high, yes. Lower and intermittent power in micro wave heats far more evenly than an oven
Modern ones do have hotspots and cold spots because of resonance and design tradeoffs, but I don't think that was a problem for the hamster application. IDK, maybe they were structured a little more small and special-purpose, but regardless it was just penetrating radiation basically all throughout the hamster which is better than heating it from the outside in and having the heat having to conduct its way through the frozen tissue.
Basically the same reason you can defrost meat in the microwave, but you can't throw it in the oven to defrost more quickly without also cooking the edges.
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Anyone else randomly think of Joe Cartoon for the first time in a very long time?
You ain't got the balls! No. Balls.
I probably got that wrong, but it's also been at least 20 years since I last pressed those blender buttons.
They were invented because a microwave radar unit melted the chocolate in a guys pocket.
That's actually one of those Urban legends things. The guy made it intentionally to Cook and it was later refined to had stacks of die punched metal sheets instead of the carefully machined blocks.
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Any warning label you have ever seen exists because enough people did the thing being warned against that a lawyer said there needed to be a sign.
My wife recently noticed a new sign by our building's pool saying that you are not allowed in if you have diarrhea or have had diarrhea in the last 14 days. 🤔🥴
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More like a law was made to say, "if you're warned first it's your own damn fault".
Hugo Boss (the clothing line) started out making uniforms for the Nazi Party.
You know they are some of the most iconic uniforms of all time I'll give them that
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Hiram Maxim (1840 - 1916) invented the modern mousetrap and the first automatic machine gun.
And the maxim gun is still in use today. Not new ones, mind you, the ones from his lifetime.
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Artificial raspberry flavor is made from beaver anal glands.
~~Which brings us to just one of those bizarre US things, "artificial flavor" versus "natural flavor" is totally arbitrary and random. It's based on which molecule, not what the source is, so you can have "natural flavors" that came from a massive stainless steel tank and will kill you if you touch them in pure form without the proper protective gear, or "artificial flavors" that come from squeezing beaver ass glands.~~
Edit: Every word of this post is wrong. Literally every one. I think I read a book decades ago that told me this, maybe I remembered it wrong, but anyway according to the internet of today it's different and I'm a big dummy.
It's based on which molecule, not what the source is
Other way around. You can have identical molecules be classified as "artificial" or "natural" depending upon whether they were synthesized or extracted.
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/svbl7/what_are_artificial_flavors_made_out_of/
Oh, you're completely right. IDK how I thought it was different, but yes, what I said was completely wrong.
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The gifts from this perfect creatures never cease to amaze me. Thank you kind beaver, your greatness humbles me and all humans.
Their tooth enamel is partly iron which strengthens them and makes them a rusty orange color
Seems unnecessary. Raspberries are plentiful and likely cheaper than beaver parts.
Yeah, it sounds like this might not actually be as common as suggested. Synthetic chemicals are usually going to be cheaper than hunting a beaver.
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Yeah, a little research online says it's likely only used in perfumes due to expense, but technically it could be used in food.
Most foods though will just use raspberries in some form or another.
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During the War on Terror, there was a much-publicized fact that your own household furnishings were much more likely to kill you than terrorist.
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