Records from China around 1600 BC show that one end was chewed until it became brushlike, the other end was pointed and used as a toothpick.
来自中国大约公元前1600年的记载显示,一端被咀嚼得直到变成像毛刷一样,另一端被削尖当做牙签使用。
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And onto the pointedend of a standard paperclip he managed to fit Shakespeare's "all the world's a stage: and all the men and women merely players," from As You Like it.