Today is apparently the 371st anniversary of Cardinal Richelieu's invention of the butter knife. As the story goes, on 13 May 1637, he'd had enough with people using their daggers as a table knife and tooth pick in one and had the tips of his blades ground down, creating the butter knife we all know and love. Or at least know.
You can read more about it at Wired
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