Did ya Know?

Did Ya Know?
 Crayola brand crayons were the first kids crayons ever made, invented by cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. Crayola's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green.

 Thinking that Spirograph was a creation of the trippy 70′s, I found it was actually invented much earlier, by British engineer Denys Fisher in 1965. Based on some rather complex mathematical equations, Fisher exhibited his creation at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair in ’65, later selling the distributing rights to Kennar, Inc. who introduced it to the U.S. market in 1966. 
Written by Andrew Payne on April 16, 2010

Glow Sticks... aka chemiluminescent sticks! These started out as a signal device for the US Navy in about 1965. The 3 part wonder is all about chemistry!