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redpoint5 · 04-30-2018, 04:03 PM

Aluminum is interesting in that it gets stronger and stronger as it bends until it finally breaks. Most other metals are opposite, getting weaker and weaker as it bends until it breaks.

04-30-2018, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
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