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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ICanStopTheRain on 2025-05-07 03:51:37+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1975, after Gillette introduced a two-blade cartridge razor, Saturday Night Live aired a fake commercial for a three-blade razor. Gillette introduced one in 1998. In 2004, a satirical article in The Onion introduced a fictional five-blade razor. A real five-blade razor came out in 2006.

  • terminhell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    24 hours ago

    I inherited an old safety razor that a great uncle used. It’s likely older than I am, by a lot. I still use it to this day. My hair follicles are more like copper wire. Any other kind of razor (minus my straight razor) would be dulled half way through. They’d also be completely clogged up after just like an inch so it took forever too.