Of glassy wonders

All righty then! Enough with the knowledge sharing and informative blogging and all that. Let’s go through some amazing facts about this amazing thing called glass today!!

1. Recycling glass bottles doesn’t just save the trouble of manufacturing more glass. Recycling one glass bottle generates enough energy to:

a. Run a 100 watt bulb for over 55 minutes
b. Run a PC for a quarter of an hour
c. Run a colour television for 20 minutes
d. Run a washing machine for 10 minutes

2. There is evidence that glass existed in civilization even in 12,000 BC. Glass beads dating as far have been discovered in Egypt.

3. Glass packaging imparts not just a classy look to a product but also speaks of its quality; or so think about 70% of consumers!

4. Glass is probably one of THE most eco-friendly substances. It can be recycled endlessly and completely, while retaining original quality.

5. Some interesting terms from glass-making have entered the English language.

a) Coddswallop: In the 1870s, a gentleman named Hiram Codd invented the 'pop' bottle. South Yorkshire in particular saw millions of these bottles being made soon after their invention. Cheap beer available during those times was christened 'wallop'. So beer drinkers began to refer to the contents of the codd bottle as 'a load of coddswallop'.

b) 'Shut yer gob': A ‘gob’ is a molten lump of glass to which the glass blower attaches a tube to blow the glass into shape. This was a painful process wherein the blower had to blow hard which made his cheeks very large, giving the term ‘big gob’ to the mouth of a person who talks too much.

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