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  1. Apr 16, 2019, 04:28 PM #1
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    How rubber bands are made - GIF

    How rubber bands are made. Reminds me of handmade noodles.




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    So, rubber bands are made from...rubber bands? Honestly, I had no idea.
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    When have they made enough? That pile would last forever, and is probable just one days production.

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    It should be narrated by Carl Sagan, "Billions and billions."
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    500000 rubber bands per hour

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    Back when truck tires used inner tubes, there would always be a person at the truck stops selling large rubber bands cut from the tubes.
    The furniture haulers used these to secure the moving pads to the furniture.



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