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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also, I believe the rubber was discovered by a scientist accidentally dropping a mixture of a bunch of materials like resin onto a burner, which made it volcanize (man I hope I got the word right) into a layer of rubber in the middle

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Vulcanize, haha. All good, though!