11 Things You Use (or Eat) That Aren't Made the Way You Think
by Beth Skwarecki from Lifehacker on (#68Q02)
We're so used to seeing finished products, it's hard to imagine that they were once anything else. But nails, staples, springs, and chains all started life as spools of wire, and a bunch of other household objects and foods have even more surprising origins. Here's a tour-starting with some bad news about silk. I'm so...