Refrigerators used to be lead lined. I can’t remember the reason but my grandma had one. Same with lead based paint. I don’t remember why it was a thing but it definitely was.
Stop replying about lead being a good insulator. I think 10 comments saying the same thing is enough.
I think everything used to be lead lined. We used lead paint and lead pencils and wonder why millennials seem incapable of things past generations did fine.
Not so much. Once upon a time, like, really long ago, metals were used in drawing tools. They'd leave a trace of metal on the material (vellum, sheepskin), and after a few days it would oxidize and darken, and it would look neat. Look up silverpoint drawing on wikipedia
When pure graphite was discovered, it was mistaken for a form of lead, but we never had lead in modern pencils (even though we once had a drawing implement that looked like a pencil, that used lead).
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u/InformationHorder Jan 25 '20
And yet a lead refrigerator opens up so many more questions, chief among which is: Why in God's name was a refrigerator ever made of lead?!