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War, Famine, Pestilence, and Design

99% Invisible

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Canning in World War One

Each war the canning gets a little better. And so you have these new innovations. But it wasn't until world war two that my personal favourite can opener was created. It's called the p 38, and it's this crazy compact little bolty tool. The blade folds into it, so it packs flat and it can open ands. Do you think? Well, i'm glad you ask, because it can be used as a screwdriver, a bottle opener, a fish cutter, a wire stripper, a flint striker, a letter opener, a coffee stirrer, a toothpick, a boot scraper. Ye ye. I mean that'.

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