Today I Found Out

Putting the Silly in Putty (2016x13)

Data de estreia: Jan 18, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/Tod→’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 in the Pacific Rim. This shortage on rubber was negatively affecting certain wartime production efforts. As a result of this, the U.S. government enlisted the aid of various companies to try and invent a synthetic rubber that could be made of readily available materials. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/silly-putty-was-invented-by-accident/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsillyputty.htm http://www.loti.com/silly_putty.htm http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7848scit3.html http://www.sillyputty.com/ http://www.mortaljourney.com/2010/11/1950-trends/silly-putty