Play-Doh is a classic toy that has spanned generations, but some may not know it began as a wallpaper cleaner. It was originally created as a ready-made wallpaper cleaner to remove soot from walls. By ...

In 1956, one of the world’s most beloved children’s toys went on sale for the first time, but its origins were surprising. The modelling clay had started out as a household cleaning product. In the ...

Scent might be the strongest of the senses, bringing back long-forgotten memories in an instant. Pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving. The first hyacinths in the spring. The smell of my high school band room: ...

Once a cleaner for coal-soiled wallpaper, a failing company found new life when its owner's sister-in-law suggested its putty could be a children's toy. Stripped of detergents and infused with colour ...