EPISODE · May 13, 2022 · 6 MIN
Cardinal Richelieu of France invents the table knife - May 13th, 1637
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On this day in 1637, a French clergyman ordered the blades of his dinnerware to be rounded off at the edges, thus creating the first known version of the butter knife.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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