How Silly Putty Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia in World War II, they cut off America's rubber supply. Luckily, American can-do created a synthetic rubber and saved the War. Learn about the inventor, fluid chemistry and more in this episode of SYSK.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House to Forks.com.
0:41.1	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.7	I'm Josh Clark.
0:43.7	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant with me as always looking good.
0:49.5	I am?
0:50.2	Yeah.
0:50.8	Thank you, Josh.
0:52.7	That makes this stuff you should know.
0:54.7	And you were looking good as well, sir.
0:55.7	Is that a new shirt?
0:56.7	No.
0:57.7	Not that new.
0:58.7	It's less than six months old.
1:01.7	I guess it's kind of new.
1:03.7	All right.
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