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Play-Doh started as wallpaper cleaner

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Nothing screams childhood joy like industrial cleaning supplies. Before it became a staple of kindergartens everywhere, this salty putty was marketed to housewives to rub coal soot off their living room walls. When vinyl wallpaper made the product obsolete, they threw some artificial color into the vat and rebranded it for toddlers.

Play-Doh started as wallpaper cleaner
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