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1. Two engineers named Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Mar Chavannes invented bubble-wrap in 1957
2. The material was discovered in Hawthorne, New Jersey.
3. Bubble-wrap was originally conceived as wallpaper and then as greenhouse gas insulation material.
4. The two engineers noticed how bubble-wrap could be effectively used as a packaging material for computers.
5. Eventually, the IBM Company started buying bubble-wrap to protect their 1401 variable word length computers, as well as other fragile product they sold and shipped.

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1. Bubble-wrap Appreciation day is on January 31^st
2. Located in Bloomington, IN, “Spirit radio 95” created Bubble Wrap Appreciation day in 2001

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Exactly how was bubble-wrap invented?

1. Chavannes and Fielding connected two pieces of shower curtains in order to trap layers of air bubbles between them.
2. Sales of bubble-wrap wallpaper and bubble-wrap insulation did not go well at first due to the fact that neither product would sale.
3. Chavannes came up with the idea to use bubble wrap as a cushioning material during a flight.
4. It seemed that clouds were cushioning Chavannes’ plane’s descent.
5. In the end, this is what helped the two engineers come up with modern day bubble-wrap.