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4 hours ago, Terabith said:

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That's quite an autocorrect, lol. It made me wonder where the name formica came from, so I looked it up:

Electrical engineers Daniel J. O'Conor and Herbert A. Faber discovered that high-pressure plastic resins could be used to make electrical parts, replacing the mineral mica, and established the Formica Products Company in 1913. As they were searching for a substitute “for” the insulation material “mica,” they coined the name “Formica.”

 

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4 hours ago, Corraleno said:

That's quite an autocorrect, lol. It made me wonder where the name formica came from, so I looked it up:

Electrical engineers Daniel J. O'Conor and Herbert A. Faber discovered that high-pressure plastic resins could be used to make electrical parts, replacing the mineral mica, and established the Formica Products Company in 1913. As they were searching for a substitute “for” the insulation material “mica,” they coined the name “Formica.”

 

I have looked that up in the past - when I learned the Latin word "formica" and wondered why in the world the company would choose "ant" as its name! 😄

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2 hours ago, Katy said:

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My imposter syndrome is robust, thanks, though I transferred into my district too late to be in “enrichment.” I always got to stress about taking out of grade level standardized tests instead, lol!

2 hours ago, Katy said:

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Mine had paragoric for the kids, lol! I think it was for teething and misc illness, but my mom remembers it fondly.

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