▲ 119 ▼ Aluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with… 19th Century History (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 25 points 5 months ago Also why the Washington Monument has a cap of aluminum. Fancy! permalink fedilink source