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thesill: Here’s a little piece of history that you might not know: Thomas Edison tested t…

Here’s a little piece of history that you might not know: Thomas Edison tested thousands of plants in the 1920s to try to create synthetic rubber. As time went on, synthetic rubber was created, leaving the need for natural sources behind. The Rubber Tree was originally sought after to produce rubber itself, but has now become the main natural source of latex production. The more you know 💫

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