Don't fear failure! While experimenting in search of a rubber alternative during World War II, the General Electric Company invented a stretchy, bouncing putty.
Kids and older kids like me, real old, today refer to it as Silly Putty.
Till Mom Threw It Away. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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