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

    kinda? 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.

    Imagine you’re sucking on a metal straw in a bus and it hits a bump, and you slip …