In the early 1900's, American inventors thought that they could improve upon the centuries-old design of chopsticks. This is one of their most famous prototypes.

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It's an early stereoscopic nose-picking device. With this handy contraption, you can pick both nostrils at the same time, while keeping your hands nice and clean.

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It's a drain-cleaning tool, to reach in and pull gross hairballs out of the sink. These tools come in several lengths, to pull grossness out of various lengths of pipe.

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It's part of a Trepanning Kit, for young doctors. In the 1700's, the original box for this had a picture of a little girl next to a doll that had a bunch of holes in its head. The doll that came with the kit had three or four replacement heads, so you could get more practice in.

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It's the earliest form of a tool for cleaning out earwax from your ears. It is also the reason that Q-tips put the warning against putting things in your ears on their packaging.

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It's a grape de-seeder. It only works on really big grapes though.

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It's like a hot pad for wooden pails of boiling water. Handy during Halloween times, these worked wonders picking up the wooden precursors of the iron cauldron.

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It's a medieval orange-juicer. It did the same job as modern juicers, but the modern juicers looked too wimpy next to the iron maiden, so they used this bad boy.

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It's a caber-tosser, for the ladies. Like a ladies golf tee, a bit closer to the green, this little tool grabs the cabers, to give the ladies a bit better chance in the 'toss.

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My first thought was, "How will this feature help this animal in the wild?" I have no answer what-so-ever.

They are roof-molds for making plaster roofs. The first is for making steeple-type roofs, the second if for making pill-box style roofs. You spread a plastic sheet inside the mold, then paint with plaster of paris. Once it dries, you flip the mold over and you have a new roof! Using this technique is much more popular in areas without a lot of tin or wood for more standard roofing materials.

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The first one is a giant-sized bicycle rack for the penny-farthing bicycles. The second is one of the first boat-launchers of the 19th century. You lock the boat inside the circle, then send it down a hill. Right before you get to the bottom of the hill, you unlock the boat and send it flying across the water.

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I always cut my sandwiches corner to corner. I don't know why, it's just the only one that feels "right". When we make eggs over medium, I cut toast into soldiers to dip them into the eggs. Delicious!

It's a pipe cap that acts like you're holding your thumb over the end of a hose. Any water that comes through the pipe sprays all over everything nearby. These makes wonderful pranks and party favors.

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