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Challenged in September 2010 to come up with interesting facts every day by one of my work colleagues, I've since entertained him and those near his desk with bits of information dredged from my brain. Some of my audience went on holiday and still wanted the facts so I started posting here, every day I do one of them, usually Monday through Friday, and the occasional post on the weekend. I post these facts here almost every day and you will find two posts on some days to make any missing days.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Today’s interesting fact has to do with Bone China,

Many people like the porcelain that is bone china.

The fact that is is so white and translucent coupled with the high mechanical strength and chip resistance makes it very popular.

The strength means that it can be made much thinner than other china.

But what a lot of people don't know is that the name describes what it is made from, with more than 30% made from phosphate and calcium phosphate from animal bones.

The traditional method of making it requires 50% bone ash in the preparation and to keep the iron content down, most is derived from cattle bones.