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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Before Play-Doh Became A Childhood Icon, It Was Known As Kutol Wallpaper Cleaner
Description: Today in 1956, the US issued a patent for Play-Doh. Millions of kids have built bazillions of things with this colorful stuff, but in its first life, Play-Doh had a very different job: cleaning soot off wallpaper. Plus: a mom in Chicago finds a clever way to get her gamer daughter to take food out of the freezer.
Why Play Doh Stays Hugely Popular, 60 Years Later (Fortune)
Made in Jersey: Play-Doh is a Dover teacher's handiwork (NJ.com)
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