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How did humans maintain their fingernails from getting to long, before clippers or scissors were invented? (lemmy.world)
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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Teeth and knives.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can just tear the excess off when they get too long

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 4 points 1 day ago

A rough porous rock to sand 'em down might work too?