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By Placing a Weight on the Lid of His Pot in 1679, a Doctor Born Near Blois Literally Invented What Is Looking After Our Pots and Boilers.

A lid, a weight, and a pot that threatens to burst: I long thought that this banal gesture did not deserve to be stopped. Then I discovered where it came from. More

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By Placing a Weight on the Lid of His Pot in 1679, a Doctor Born Near Blois Literally Invented What Is Looking After Our Pots and Boilers.

A lid, a weight, and a pot that threatens to burst: I long thought that this banal gesture did not deserve to be stopped. Then I discovered where it came from. More

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By Placing a Weight on the Lid of His Pot in 1679, a Doctor Born Near Blois Literally Invented What Is Looking After Our Pots and Boilers.

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