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Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work​

Author links open overlay panelMetin I.ErenabMary AnnRaghantia
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An ethnographic account states an Inuit man made a knife from his own frozen feces.
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We experimentally tested knives manufactured from frozen human feces.
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Knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work.

 

[Frabjous]

We would not be testing enough varieties of feces under controlled conditions. Please post your mailing address so that we can all mail you representative samples for testing.

 

[George Jones]

Grad students who accumulate enough results can write feces theses.

 

[Vanadium 50]

An excellent reference is Swanson, J Building With Poop.