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A flint or obsidian knife is about five times sharper than a surgical scalpel.

Most modern kitchen knives are abysmally dull, even with serrations, to the point where they're dangerously so.

I once watched my dad take apart a Thanksgiving turkey with an electric serrated knife. He was proud of that knife, but it took him close to five minutes to claw his way through it.

We had two turkeys that Thanksgiving. I took the other one apart in half the time with a freshly steeled carbon steel boning knife.

He was annoyed, but he should have known better, he taught me how to sharpen.

Most people's cutting tools haven't gotten better, they've just gotten a lot more durable and cheaper.

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let's not make Cactass a thing, please. XD

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although I will admit that some asses and some Cylindropuntia bigelovii should have a little get-together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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I think it's fair to say that Ford popularized the assembly line, and formed a supporting industry for it. He can take credit for moving American industry toward automation.

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The Grand Traditions of the Royal Navel

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Not my department

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God help the old man who tries.

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Phooey

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more like phoooouchie in a lot of cases.

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Simon Schama would have me believe that "holocaust" was first used to describe the massacre of Jews after Richard's coronation because the locals assumed that gifts from the Jewish community had an evil aspect to them. That's all I know.

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As usual, Professor Loomis, an informative pleasure.

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Probably the case practically everywhere.

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They burnt the Jews alive in York Tower under Richard too, because he wanted their money to help fund his international adventures.

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I'm tired. I read that to say you were going to frame your slightly inebriated ass.

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So Nazi as the russians are right outside Berlin.

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