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The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

By Barry Wittenstein, Chris Hsu (Illustrator)
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By Barry Wittenstein, Chris Hsu (Illustrator)
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Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval?

1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren't convinced, and it wasn't until the Boy Scouts of America tested Earle's prototype th...

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