The metal straw is preserved and remains a famous medical specimen at the Anatomy and Pathology Museum at UC San Francisco.

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      5 hours ago

      It’s more for your safety and to avoid having people with masks off in a congregation place during covid, or to avoid documents getting stuff spilt on them.

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      Perhaps because the traditional way to drink it involves a vessel like this one, with a metal straw could potentially impale someone’s eyeball if the driver has to make an emergency stop