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Jacuul t1_j0vui8n wrote

Reply to comment by martlet1 in TIL that due to anti-Chinese sentiment in San Francisco in the late 19th century, Levi's jeans briefly held the slogan "The only kind made by white labor" on its logo. by lemming-leader12

I can't find a source for this, but I recall hearing that jeans used to have an asbestos or asbestos derivative woven into them as well, which made them a lot stronger, but, you know, asbestos

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RedditorManIsHere t1_j0w1m9a wrote

you are correct because it increases fireproof

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Nafeels t1_j0w4fwl wrote

Considering spontaneous combustion of jeans were a thing back in early 20th century I get why asbestos liners were used.

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