I was today years old when I found out that glue is made from horses
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Anonymous69w
Guys they stopped using horses to make glue decades ago, you’re fine lmao
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Anonymous69w
Humans really be melting shit taking it apart and putting it back together were the real animals 😭😭😭😭
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Anonymous69w
Ohh what I thought it was polymer based
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Anonymous69w
I figured it was a byproduct discovery from burning animal waste
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Anonymous69w
No wonder it’s so delicious
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Anonymous69w
I learned that glue was made from hooves by reading about the unabomber lol
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Anonymous69w
why did i think glue came from a tree 🥲
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Anonymous69w
I thought they were stuck to the table.
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Anonymous69w
BRO I MISS TGE IGNORANCE 🥲
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Anonymous69w
this was written by an artcon major i just know it
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Anonymous#169w
it can be made from most animals, either through collagen (from hide and other tissue) or through keratin (which is typically from hooves)
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Anonymous#269w
its pretty stereotypically horses tho, which is where the joke of "sending the horse to the glue factory" if it gets hurt comes from
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Anonymous69w
CORRECTION!! animal products are no longer used to make glue!!! its only in like specialty glues (bookbinding, for one), but elmer's and stuff is just pure chemicals lol
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Anonymous#369w
🤓many organic things are made of polymers
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Anonymous69w
You want horse glue? ‘Cause I can get you horse glue
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Anonymous#369w
everything is a polymer luv
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Anonymous#269w
Then there's cyanoacrylate (CA/superglue), which is just glue which rearranges itself into an acrylic plastic when it dries
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Anonymous#869w
Whatt that’s news to me
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Anonymous#369w
a polymer is just a substance made up of large molecules :)