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TIL in Renaissance Italy, the Court Carver perfected the art of mid-air meat carving. To entertain guests he could lift a turkey in the air on a fork and rapidly cut the meat so that it rained down onto the diner’s plates in a decorative pattern of slices. Eggs and fruit were carved the same way.

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