Today I found out Silly Putty was invented by accident. Silly Putty was originally invented by James Wright, working at General Electric’s New Haven, Connecticut lab in 1943. At the time, the Allies were desperately short on rubber thanks to Japan invading various rubber producing countries

Mars invented the recipe for M&Ms during the Spanish Civil War, when Forrest Mars Sr. saw soldiers eating pieces of chocolate covered in a candy coating, which prevented them from melting in the sun.

Read a biography Marion Donovan, the famous woman inventor who created disposable diapers.

Annotated bicycle history timeline for the United States of America

Specifically, determined that an independent wire, grid, or plate placed between the legs of the filament of an incandescent lamp acted as a …

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An eraser, (also called a rubber outside America, from the material first used) is an article of stationery that is used for removing writing from paper or skin. Erasers have a rubbery consistency and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours.

Origin. In 1889, William Stewart Halsted, the first chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, invented rubber gloves in order to prevent medical staff from developing dermatitis from surgical chemicals.

In 1888, Benz invented the first gasoline car, equipped with unique metal tires covered with rubber and filled with air, resulting in the pneumatic tire.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE The crossword puzzle, a word game, was invented by Arthur Wynne in 1913. Arthur Wynne was a journalist born in Liverpool, England.