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The History of Rubber Condoms

By the mid 1700s they were starting to use condoms made from animal membranes. You could still buy those today but only if you are a monogamous couple that's disease free and just using it to like not get pregnant. The good part is you could wash and reuse it. It was basically like your condom you probably wrote your name on it. Charles Goodyear for because of his process of vulcanization which is he added sulfur and lead oxide to rubber from the braziliances tree.

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