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The Seesaw and the Shoes
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Charles Goodyear's original name for his product was "caoutchouc", which "sounded like a sneeze". Once he discovered the vulcanization process and it was found that caoutchouc could "rub out" pencil marks, it has been known as "rubber" ever since.
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