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IncRnd on Feb 8, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Crushed wood is stronger than steel

Really? On what do you base that statement?

rm_-rf_slash on Feb 8, 2018 [–]

They’re both made of carbon. Parent was being cheeky.

gonvaled on Feb 8, 2018 | [–]

Indeed cheeky since wood is not pure carbon, as opposed to diamonds ...

rm_-rf_slash on Feb 8, 2018 | | [–]

Well if you really want to split hairs, diamonds can have impurities that can cause different colors (like the blue Hope Diamond)

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