Using a can opener is the easiest and most efficient way to open canned goods, but there are still ways to get your food out if yours is lost, broken or nonexistent. In fact, the first can opener ...

In 1858 Ezra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut, patented the first can opener. An intimidating combination of bayonet and sickle, Warner's invention was nonetheless eagerly adopted by the U.S ...