Who else spent all day playing with Silly Putty? 😄 Silly Putty was invented by accident during World War II when James Wright, an engineer at General Electric, was trying to create a synthetic rubber substitute for use in the war effort. In 1943, while experimenting with silicone oil and boric acid, Wright concocted a unique gooey substance that didn’t have the properties needed for industrial use, but it had unusual and fascinating characteristics: it could stretch further than rubber, bounce
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Who else spent all day playing with Silly Putty? 😄 Silly Putty was invented by accident during World War II when James Wright, an engineer at General Electric, was trying to create a synthetic rubber substitute for use in the war effort. In 1943, while experimenting with silicone oil and boric acid, Wright concocted a unique gooey substance that didn’t have the properties needed for industrial use, but it had unusual and fascinating characteristics: it could stretch further than rubber, bounce
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From a wartime lab failure to a beloved toy, Silly Putty has a fascinating origin story. #historyfacts #didyouknow #invention #sillyputty | Beyond Belief
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From a wartime lab failure to a beloved toy, Silly Putty has a fascinating origin story. #historyfacts #didyouknow #invention #sillyputty | Beyond Belief
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Silly Putty® was discovered in 1943 by James Wright who mixed boric acid and silicone oil together. It was introduced to the public in 1950 by Peter Hodgson. Crayola® acquired the exclusive manufacturing rights to Silly Putty in 1977. #putty #history #toy #losangeles
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Did you ever play with Silly Putty when you were a kid? Did you know it’s been around for 70 years? Did you know it was accidentally invented during World War II? Well you do now! James Wright accidentally invented this silly substance in an attempt to make cheap rubber for the United States of America during the Second World War. However, when it was rejected by American army bosses, he found it to be an amusing toy for children and marketed it as Silly Putty. #SillyPutty #Toys #Fun | Great Big
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We turn 80 this Friday (yes, on Halloween! 🎃) and are celebrating with science straight from the year we opened: 1945! Did you know Silly Putty was invented by accident? 🤯 In the 1940s, a scientist trying to make rubber for WWII ended up creating a bouncy, stretchy substance instead. It wasn’t much use to the military, but toy makers saw the fun in it! 💫 Turns out even science mistakes can bounce back. 😉 #AdventureSci #STEMFun #Halloween #80thAnniversary | Adventure Science Center
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Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland made a Silly Putty-like polymer conduct electricity by mixing it with graphene. The resulting material has an array of potential medical uses. http://cnnmon.ie/2jKsfVL Via CNNTech | CNN Business
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