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how funny things work - from Napoleon serving his special guests on aluminium utensils [1] to everyone taking it for granted, even treating it as if it is toxic

how funny things work - from Napoleon serving his special guests on aluminium utensils [1] to everyone taking it for granted, even treating it as if it is toxic! cost and availability somehow has a negative correlation to how we treat something. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium#Early_industrial_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium#Early_ind...

Alpha3031 3mo ago
Romans used lead utensils, I don't think that was due to cost.
- rldjbpin 3mo ago
  we used to believe lead could be turned into gold, and used it in fuel to paint not too long ago. hindsight 20/20, maybe i will be proven ignorant about aluminium in the future.