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The Most Important Material Ever Made | 22:22
Veritasium | 18.4M subscribers | 7,151,493 views | November 13, 2024
00:00 Glass and our place in the universe
01:23 How Gorilla Glass works
04:35 What is glass?
05:15 Is glass a liquid?
07:29 Different types of glass
09:59 Invention of transparent glass
11:56 Why is some glass transparent?
14:54 Invention of glass lenses
15:52 Development of magnification
18:02 How to make glass more durable
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I’d say tp is pretty damned important
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Are you The 2000 Year Old Man? OHBOYYY!
The most important material ever made? I never would have guessed glass. But seeing that I’m typing this while wearing glasses… yes, that makes perfect sense.
By the way, out of curiosity, what happened to post #1? I’ve seen the Viking Kitties attack posts, but never post #1. That’s a new one on me.
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Good call! 🧻 My late mother came of age during WWII, IOW, she was born just before and grew up during the Great Depression. Employment for women and girls skyrocketed during the war, and she told me (and believe me, I hadn't asked) that the first thing that girls her age bought when they got their first payday was women's sanitary napkins. Prior to that, the method used was old cloth (literally rags), which then had to be cleaned for reuse. So, sorry about the visual.
Happened?
Oh, yeah, not sure. The mod has done that before without warning or explanation. It was a curated topic link list drawn from the ‘glass’ keyword. It had some interesting stuff from historical glass topics, as well as more about these new glass versions widely used in mobile phones.
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Along with modern sanitation.
“the first things girls her age bought”
You read how our ancestors grew up with no toilet paper until they got a Sears Roebuck catalog. Few article talk about how our female ancestors had to make do with no sanitary material. Apparently they used torn old sheets or any kind of cotton material. They would wash them and then lay them out in the son while the men were out working in the fields.
I’d say dirt is pretty important since we’re all standing on it (as are our houses). Dirt doesn’t get a lot of credit but I’m glad it’s there.
Dirt is where Ivermectin was discovered.
Dirt isn’t a form or product of technology though.
Regardless, there’s nothing dirtier than a big ball of oil.
“lay them out in the son”
If you’d said “with” instead of “in”, could have been a Freudian slip...
And the term “Freudian slip” doesn’t mean Freud was trans, btw.
Nabisco chocolate pinwheels.
Oh no. How did I miss that. You must be a proof reader like I am.
Life was not easy years ago. Chop wood for the winter and for the stove, get water from the creek, no toilet paper, no thermal clothes. We are so lucky.
Cord.
Cord is life.
Cord is love.
At least it keeps your love close. :)
But seriously, cord is the most important material ever made.
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