I remembered that the
Jacob's ladder toy also uses the same type of hinge.
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Despite urban myths prevalent on the internet, there is no known documentation dating it to King Tut's tomb or ancient Egypt or to the Pilgrims. It has been theorized that its origin is from a Chinese falling-block toy, called "Chinese blocks".
The Japanese polymath Hiraga Gennai 平賀源内 (1729-1779) constructed a Jacob's ladder which later came to be called "Gennai's Wondrous Click-clack"
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