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Did you know? The trendy Stanley tumblers, which people are currently obsessed with collecting, were originally marketed in 1913 as vacuum-insulated bottles for industrial workers, not as a fashion accessory or a viral social media item.

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    A Stanley tumbler once famously survived a car fire completely intact, with the ice inside still frozen, even though the vehicle’s interior was charred to a crisp.
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