TIL - In the 1970s East Germany in effort to create an export invented nearly unbreakable glass. Attempting to export no one wanted a product that doesnt break. 120 million glasses were made before reunification, they are still used 50years later. Today the technology is used to make Gorilla glass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfest
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1djxx7f/til_in_the_1970s_east_germany_in_effort_to_create/
Yeah, that's awesome, right? There was just recently a very interesting feature in the German "nano" TV magazine (starting at 20:50) about this "superfest" glass: https://www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/240315-sendung-epigenetik-armut-hinterlaesst-spuren-im-erbgut-nano-100.html
via @3sat