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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Chrushev on 2024-06-19 23:57:47+00:00.

Original Title: 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.