Ep427: When did we find what glue?

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We start a look at the science of stickiness with a quick historical overview, and a nifty trick with phonebooks.

Here are a couple of videos from the MythBusters on intermeshed phonebooks. They’ve both got the same name, but are different videos.

Here’s a video by someone other than the MythBusters, playing with the same thing.

Here’s an article on how and why it is so difficult to separate intermeshed phonebooks.

Here’s an article on the history of phonebooks, just for fun.

And here are some articles on the history of glues and adhesives.