Every wondered why wine bottles are always tinted?
The team at Allenby Glass could be accused of being ‘glass geeks’ but what would life be without a little passion? For a bit of fun, we’ve put our heads together and come up with ten trivial facts and jokes about glass that you may not know.
Depending on the company you keep, we reckon they’ll at least crack an awkward smile on your friends faces next time you share these jokes down the pub!
Facts
- Did you know the oldest recorded glass artefacts date back a phenomenal 3665 years? While various glass oddities were uncovered in Egypt, it is believed that the Romans were responsible for inventing transparent glass.
- The first glass production plant to open in the United States was in 1608 and could be found in Jamestown, Virginia. It is believed that Dutch settlers opened this plant.
- China is the world’s largest producers of glass and is believed to control approximately 34% of the worldwide glass market.
- It takes over 1 million years for glass to fully decompose – REMEMBER TO RECYCLE!
- Another reason to recycle! Glass can be recycled countless times and never degrade in quality.
- Decent quality beer will always be contained in brown or green tinted glass to stop UV light spoiling the drink.
- From the moment you drop that glass bottle in the recycling bin, chances are it’ll be back on a shelf as a new product within 30 days. How’s that for a turnaround!?
- Glass consists of only three ingredients; these are – sand, soda ash and limestone.
Glass is a perfectly natural product formed from the earth melting minerals together at extreme temperatures.- Recycling glass saves considerably more energy than making a whole new glass product from raw materials. The power saved from recycling a single glass bottle can power a computer for approximately half an hour.
Jokes
“Did you hear about the glass blower who accidentally inhaled? He ended up with a pane in his stomach!”
“Dad, there’s a man at the door collecting for the new swimming pool.
Give him a glass of water!”
“I heard that joke when taking a beer bottle to the recycling center. They wouldn’t take it. They insisted it was the pint of no return.”
We’re sorry about the appalling jokes… blame the internet!
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