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How Do Jeans Get Blue?
Season 2
Episode 9
Blue jeans are among the most popular clothing items in the entire world. But how did Levi Strauss get his “workwear,” as he called it, so blue? Through chemistry, of course. In this episode, we look at the chemistry of everyone’s favorite pair of pants.
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