The CorkScrew

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A corkscrew is a tool which is used to open wine bottles. It is inserted into the cork and used to pull the cork out of the wine bottle.

The basic design of a corkscrew was based off of a tool called a gun worm. A gun worm is what a musketeer would use to remove an unfired bullet from a musket’s barrel.

The first patent for a corkscrew mechanism with a helically wrapped axis was filed in 1802 by Sir Edward Thomason.

Since the 1970s, collecting corkscrews have become a popular hobby.