• kureta@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Aluminum jeweleries were popular in the 19th century. Light weight and shiny like silver. Then they found a cheaper way to extract aluminum from ore. Then people started using aluminum for industrial applications, made utensils from it etc. and then nobody wanted a piece of jewelry that was made from the same material as a fork. Just wanted to share.

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      4 months ago

      I believe one of France’s kings had aluminum dinnerware back when it was still hard to make. Fun times.

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      4 months ago

      Car company 1: would you want a BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a COKE CAN?! EWWW

      Car company 2: you want your BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a FIGHTER JET! FREEDUMMMMMM!