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Patented: History of Inventions

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Silly putty, slinky and wall paper cleaner were all inventions of the industrial revolution. But they weren't designed to be a toy - at least not originally. Soot covering everything in your home was something that really frustrated people. This led to a spring cleaning... but you couldn't just bring a bucket and a scrub brush. That's where people invented an invention called wall paper cleaner. It would physically lift the soot off your wall without scrubbing the wallPaper to smitherensYou nn times of who are we talking about? You tell me.

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