On This Day January 31

Scotch® Cellulose Tape, later renamed Cellophane Tape, was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from St  Paul, Minnesota. Drew worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, later known as 3M. It was first sold by 3M on January 31, 1930 and marketed as an attractive, moisture-proof way for grocers and bakers to seal packages.

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