the.com/nylon
the first synthetic fiber that promised stockings and delivered parachutes instead
war pivotsilk stockings became WWII parachutes overnight
riot debut1940 sales sparked panic-buying 'nylon riots'
name myth'New York-London' origin is total fiction
toothbrush firstfirst commercial use was bristles, not fashion
lab bornDuPont made it from coal, air, water