QI | What Was The Chainsaw Invented For?

Comments

• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  TL;DW: Chainsaws were originally intended to cut through bone. Specifically pelvis bone to help facilitate child birth.

  source
• x4740N@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Found this random image which going down a Google rabbithole

  images - 2024-05-12T085732.852

  source

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Looks to me like forceps used to pull babies out by their heads during tough births.

    source
  • Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s some Renaissance H.R. Giger shit right there.

    source
• ptz@dubvee.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Crossposting to !quite_interesting@dubvee.org

  source