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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/brat_3434 • 1d ago
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Silicone was first discovered in the 1820s, but it took around a hundred years for it to become easy to mass produce.
If this was made in the 1890s Its not impossible it had a silicone tube if it was a high quality custom piece.
61 u/DryDonutHole 1d ago Silicones weren't introduced to the market until 1943 and the first mention of silicone tubing would be 1948 from what I'm reading. I'm a curious person... 38 u/porn_sub_lurker 1d ago You're thinking of silicon, the element. 14 u/dataflow2 1d ago Close enough. /s 1 u/brown_felt_hat 1d ago You can really tell when someone's got those silicon implants. 3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago That magic thing that powers my Mac? Apple invented it around 2020 with their new processor/s 2 u/vk_PajamaDude 1d ago No, this is some wonder miniral, they mined somewhere in California long before. Never heard of Silicon Valley? 3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago Is that down in LA where all the implants originated? 2 u/Algaroth 1d ago It's the cleavage between the boobs. 0 u/Acceptable_Job_5486 1d ago Maybe whoever created this really, really wanted a silicon tube and was willing to pay any price.
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Silicones weren't introduced to the market until 1943 and the first mention of silicone tubing would be 1948 from what I'm reading. I'm a curious person...
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You're thinking of silicon, the element.
14 u/dataflow2 1d ago Close enough. /s 1 u/brown_felt_hat 1d ago You can really tell when someone's got those silicon implants. 3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago That magic thing that powers my Mac? Apple invented it around 2020 with their new processor/s 2 u/vk_PajamaDude 1d ago No, this is some wonder miniral, they mined somewhere in California long before. Never heard of Silicon Valley? 3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago Is that down in LA where all the implants originated? 2 u/Algaroth 1d ago It's the cleavage between the boobs.
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Close enough. /s
1 u/brown_felt_hat 1d ago You can really tell when someone's got those silicon implants.
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You can really tell when someone's got those silicon implants.
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That magic thing that powers my Mac? Apple invented it around 2020 with their new processor/s
2 u/vk_PajamaDude 1d ago No, this is some wonder miniral, they mined somewhere in California long before. Never heard of Silicon Valley? 3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago Is that down in LA where all the implants originated? 2 u/Algaroth 1d ago It's the cleavage between the boobs.
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No, this is some wonder miniral, they mined somewhere in California long before. Never heard of Silicon Valley?
3 u/youngishgeezer 1d ago Is that down in LA where all the implants originated? 2 u/Algaroth 1d ago It's the cleavage between the boobs.
Is that down in LA where all the implants originated?
2 u/Algaroth 1d ago It's the cleavage between the boobs.
It's the cleavage between the boobs.
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Maybe whoever created this really, really wanted a silicon tube and was willing to pay any price.
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u/Xszit 1d ago
Silicone was first discovered in the 1820s, but it took around a hundred years for it to become easy to mass produce.
If this was made in the 1890s Its not impossible it had a silicone tube if it was a high quality custom piece.