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minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSidewalk chalk isn’t made of chalk anymore? TIL: It’s made of calcium sulfate, i.e. gypsum, the same stuff that goes into drywall, as opposed to calcium carbonate, i.e. rock chalk.
minus-squarecandler33w@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoCongratulations you are one of the lucky Ten Thousand! https://xkcd.com/1053/
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYeah… that’s really not in the 1 in 10k catagory. Not even the 1 in 10 catagory.
Sidewalk chalk isn’t made of chalk anymore?
TIL: It’s made of calcium sulfate, i.e. gypsum, the same stuff that goes into drywall, as opposed to calcium carbonate, i.e. rock chalk.
Congratulations you are one of the lucky Ten Thousand! https://xkcd.com/1053/
Yeah… that’s really not in the 1 in 10k catagory. Not even the 1 in 10 catagory.