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Plastic injection molding was invented in the 1800s to manufacture billiard balls out of celluloid, chiefly to replace ivory and save the lives of African elephants

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Fun Fact: Plastic injection molding was invented in the 1800s to manufacture billiard balls out of celluloid, chiefly to replace ivory and save the lives of African elephants

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