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		acomjean 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PYREX vs. pyrex: What's the difference? >Borosilicate glass also tends to be more dangerous when it breaks. people say that, but from side by side comparisons of breaking both kinds, it really didn't seem to make a difference. Its not like car window "glass" that just pebbles.

mattmanser 3 months ago [–]

The pebbling in car window glass is safer, the pebbles aren't sharp. It's a deliberate feature that it pebbles.

procaryote 3 months ago | [–]

The pebbles are sharp, they're just small and less likely to impale you

Source: bleeding fingers picking up the pieces after a car break-in

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