Tweezers as we know them today serve many practical functions, like plucking one’s eyebrows, removing a splinter from the skin, reparing a watch, cooking or performing delicate surgical operations. They can also be used to manipulate mechanical parts and generally handle any object too small for the human hand to comfortably grab.

This handy invention dates back to pre-Dynastic Egypt and was probably used for beading and other delicate tasks. According to Wikipedia, drawings of Egyptian craftsmen have been discovered that depict the use of a double-bow, tweezer-like tool used to grip pots and hold them over ovens. By 3000 B.C., tweezers were used in Mesopotamia and India. Evidence shows that the Romans also used them.

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