History Tuesday: As the kids got ready for their weekly Detox Bath (their favorite night by far due to glow sticks! π€π) I wondered where those magic sticks originated from. Read on to learn more! πGlow sticks were created when scientists were trying to replicate the light from fireflies. πIn the 1960s the first glow stick patent was given to Edwin Chandross of Bell Labs π Various scientists worked over the next few years to improve the first design π In 1973 the Navy received a patent for a glow stick of their own design π Glow sticks were popularized in the 1980s πOur favorite times to use glow sticks are while camping βΊοΈ and in our weekly "Glow Stick Baths" (detox bath)
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