Theo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that George Washington Carver didn't really invent peanut butter but just popularized it. He made some other pretty cool things like peanut rubber for WWII.nationalpeanutboard.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkTIL that George Washington Carver didn't really invent peanut butter but just popularized it. He made some other pretty cool things like peanut rubber for WWII.nationalpeanutboard.orgTheo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVanillerGoriller@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoIdk about peanut rubber but I remember learning about dandelion rubber that was used for tank treads among other things. Guess there’s a lot of plants that can get turned into rubber if you’re desperate enough!
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoYeah, we’d better stick to the microplastics
Idk about peanut rubber but I remember learning about dandelion rubber that was used for tank treads among other things. Guess there’s a lot of plants that can get turned into rubber if you’re desperate enough!
Yeah, we’d better stick to the microplastics