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Because they are fire-baked at very high temperatures to make them usable at high temperatures in your kitchen. This makes them very hard, and because of that, brittle. They can stand up to a lot of wear and tear, but a hard knock from a harder substance (like a hammer or tile floor) will still crack them.

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