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Glass serves as one of the most versatile materials, sheathing skyscrapers, containing liquids, aiding vision, enabling high-speed communication, and providing artistic expression; heating certain rocks and minerals creates this transparent material.
Glass serves as one of the most versatile materials, sheathing skyscrapers, containing liquids, aiding vision, enabling high-speed communication, and providing artistic expression; heating certain rocks and minerals creates this transparent material.
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