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To: jerod

At that time paper hadn’t been invented yet to tack onto a cork board, which hadn’t been invented yet either, so the thumbtack was revered as a mystical object.


33 posted on 05/11/2026 9:36:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party - like the love child of La Cosa Nostra and Al Qaeda )
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To: TigersEye

Not useless. They could tack animal skins around the inside of the hut


36 posted on 05/11/2026 10:32:42 PM PDT by madison10
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