QI | What Was The Chainsaw Invented For?
QI | What Was The Chainsaw Invented For?
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TL;DW: Chainsaws were originally intended to cut through bone. Specifically pelvis bone to help facilitate child birth.
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Found this random image which going down a Google rabbithole
Don't know what the context of this image is
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That's some Renaissance H.R. Giger shit right there.
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Looks to me like forceps used to pull babies out by their heads during tough births.
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Crossposting to !quite_interesting@dubvee.org