Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What we like: This can opener is operated using a cleverly positioned lever at the top of the machine, and when it cuts it leaves ...

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Can openers are a staple in modern kitchens — but not until relatively recently. According to food writer Jackie Alpers, “the can opener was invented almost 50 years after the can, and before that ...