Self Folding Paper - A Real Thing

Self folding paper inspired by plants. A materials enginee at northwestern university was working on making an ink out of ovaries that could be used in a three d printer. When he went to queen of the mess, he found that the ink had dried into a sheet wa this ovary paper. Siso tangents is brought to you by curiosity daily, the podcast from discovery dou ever finish an episode of siso tangents and think, dang, i could really use some more mine blowing facts right about now? Well, curiosity daily, from discovery has you covered three times a week. Next up. Ere goin to take a short break, and then time for the fact off

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When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look!

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[Definition]

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/papyrus/

[Trivia Question]

Margaret E. Knight’s paper grocery bags

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/margaret-e-knight-and-charles-b-stilwell-flat-bottomed-paper-bag-1870s-1880s/

https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/11/03/in-the-bag/

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/margaret-knight

https://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight