Name: Party in a Can: The Story of Silly String
Uploaded: 2019-11-04T13:43:19.000Z
Duration: 1 min 32 s
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- [Narrator] Silly string, that bright, fun,

Basic passive voice

party in an aerosol can, was actually invented by mistake.

and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, were granted

a U.S. patent for a foamable resinous composition.

The two initially set out to create an aerosol can

that could spray an instant cast on a broken leg or arm,

but when it came to packaging their discovery,

they tested 500 different types of nozzles.

the pair set out to market their product.

Neither of them knew the first thing about selling toys,

so they made an appointment with Wham-O in California.

But, the meeting didn't go exactly as planned.

Fish and Cox sprayed the string all over the office,

including on the person they were meeting with,

Just one day later, Fish receives a telegram from Wham-O

asking him to send 24 cans for a market test.

Turns out that a trace of the silly string

and was later spotted by Wham-O's owners,

who themselves demanded a market test immediately.

Two weeks later, Wham-O signed a contract

to license the product now known as silly string.