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kleinbl00 · 4121 days ago · link · · parent · post: Upsalite, the “impossible material” was just invented. By mistake.
cyanoacrilate adhesive (crazy glue) was invented when Dow was trying to come up with a new plastic for jet fighter canopies. They brewed up some cyanoacrilate and put it in their $400,000 refractometer... which then proceeded to stick together.