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Feb 3 • 05:31 UTC • 🇪🇸 Spain • ABC

How the eraser was born from a household oversight

The article explores how British engineer Edward Nairne accidentally created the eraser in 1770 when he confused a piece of natural rubber for bread while trying to clean pencil marks.

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