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In 1957, the men who created Bubble Wrap, engineer Al Fielding and Swiss chemist Marc Chavannes, originally intended to make a 3D wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together in a way that captured air bubbles between them. After the wallpaper idea was a bust, the men also tried (and failed) to market Bubble Wrap as insulation for greenhouses.

Four years later, Frederick W. Bowers, a marketer for the company that manufactured the product, had the idea to use Bubble Wrap as a packaging material to protect IBM's new 1401 model computer, and it caught on quickly from there. Today, over $400 million worth of Bubble Wrap is sold annually.

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Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as textured wallpaper. However, its use evolved when the creators, Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding, realized its potential as protective packaging material.

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For the pore a toy for Christmas so they can pop the bubble

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I think the purpose is to play on the wraps and burst it

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I don’t know why he made it like that it looks complicated! Just pray us and doctors know what we need to know and doctors please point along with science.

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To protect glass or any other fragile merchandise.

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originally intended to make a 3D wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together in a way that captured air bubbles between them.

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It's fun to play with

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.pool tops

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