TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Fantastic-Berry-737 t3_11xn6tn on March 21, 2023 at 5:06 PM in todayilearned 19 comments 399
hatemoneylovewoman t1_jd3tasv wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:12 PM Polymer cross linking is now my next wiki free fall. Permalink 16 [deleted] t1_jd41qbb wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:05 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 1 kthulhu666 t1_jd463qe wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:32 PM Polymer Crosslinking was the name of my imaginary band in college. Permalink Parent 1
kthulhu666 t1_jd463qe wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:32 PM Polymer Crosslinking was the name of my imaginary band in college. Permalink Parent 1
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