Theo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours 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-square18fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-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 · 7 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVanillerGorillerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours 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-up2·2 hours 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