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From: taylor@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Fact 1/31
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 00:07:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 00:07:39 1986
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In article <1582@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> ant3@sphinx.UUCP writes:
>As an aside to this trivia fact, does anyone out there
>know what 3M stands for, and how it originated?

sorry, they don't let us email across the atlantic - we have to post (!)

3M - easy, Minnesota Mining & Metals. But what is the real name of that
other acronymic mag. tape manufacturer, BASF ?
 Answer next week if no-one posts before then.

-Jemima Puddleduck
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