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Carbon fibers
Carbon fiber emerged twice—first as Edison's light bulb filament in 1879, then forgotten for eighty years. Joseph Swan had created carbon fibers in 18...
Kun-lun po
Kun-lun po emerged because Chinese aristocrats wanted Roman glass but couldn't afford continuous imports. During the second century BCE, Han dynasty e...