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underpants

(193,494 posts) Mon Feb 21, 2022, 12:41 PM Feb 2022

Why were chainsaws invented? 😳😳👀😱 [View all]

Two doctors invented the chainsaw in 1780 to make the removal of pelvic bone easier and less time-consuming during childbirth. It was powered by a hand crank and looked like a modern-day kitchen knife with little teeth on a chain that wound in an oval.

https://www.babygaga.com/chainsaws-invented-helping-with-childbirth/

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Why were chainsaws invented? 😳😳👀😱 [View all] underpants Feb 2022 OP

Then they invented ear plugs. Turbineguy Feb 2022 #1

Then one of the doctors used the contraption to trim shrubbery. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #2

now they use those onethatcares Feb 2022 #3

And that was modern technology for modern medicine in its day. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #4