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There’s no good evidence that hydrogen peroxide caused paint to peel in a reflecting pool. This sounds like a mix-up with maintenance chemistry stories around large public pools/fountains. What actually causes peeling in reflecting pools When paint or coatings fail in structures like reflecting pools, it’s usually due to: Poor surface preparation before painting Wrong type of coating for constant water immersion Chlorine or water chemistry imbalance (common in treated pools) Freeze–thaw damage in outdoor climates Algae/biofilm growth undermining adhesion General age and wear of epoxy or waterproof coatings
But no. Its origins are instead to be found in a marketing campaign by a Japanese company called Yamasa Clock. In 1965, the company was promoting a then novel gadget, a digital pedometer, and needed a snappy name for their new product. They settled on manpo-kei, or '10,000-steps meter', the first instance of this metric being used to promote health. But why was this number chosen? Because the kanji for 10,000 - and hence the first character in the product's Japanese name, Jj - looks like a figure striding for- ward with confidence. There was no science to justify 10,000 steps, it seems, just a visual pun.
Ben Shapiro with his saying reversed because you can't reason someone out of an opinion they weren't reasoned into