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[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe you may be mistaken on the claim he didnt make them. Theres a good few videos floating around of him blowing the glass on numberphile. The Wikipedia just says he keeps the stock in his house.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's not Cliff blowing the bottle.

Here's the video where he tells the story on how he had to comission thousands of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Cool! Thank you for digging up that video I appreciate it :)