stackyFACTSTranscontinental communication was entirely dependent on a very sticky forest product. To lay telegraph cables under the ocean without them immediately short-circuiting, engineers coated the wires in gutta-percha, a natural latex sap, meaning the dawn of global telecommunications was literally held together by tree resin.
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