Leonardo da Vinci is popularly, but erroneously, credited with inventing modern scissors. A scissor-like tool made of a single piece of metal was in use in ancient Egypt around 1500 BC. There is evidence of modern cross-blade scissors with a pivot being used in Rome some 1600 years later.
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Leonardo da Vinci is popularly, but erroneously, credited with inventing modern scissors. A scissor-like tool made of a single piece of metal was in use in ancient Egypt around 1500 BC. There is evidence of modern cross-blade scissors with a pivot being used in Rome some 1600 years later.