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The Heimlich maneuver is one of those things that's much more recent than I imagined. (Another is the bicycle, the modern design of which is only from the late
by schoen 10y ago
The Heimlich maneuver is one of those things that's much more recent than I imagined. (Another is the bicycle, the modern design of which is only from the late 1800s, just a few decades before the automobile and airplane.)
- danso 10y agoWow, you aren't kidding. I had imagined it to be an invention of the 1950s, not the seventies.
- sparky_z 10y agoSee also: Ciabatta Bread. I always assumed it had deep historical roots in Italian culinary tradition, but turns out it was invented by some Italian baker in the 1980s who was envious of the French and their baguettes.
- schoen 10y agoWow, thanks for the example. It turns out ciabatta is about the same age as the bakery I get it from (!).