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the fabric that stretches truth, dignity, and your grandmother's couch with equal enthusiasm
name originAnagram of expands, because chemists had jokes
stretch limitCan extend five to eight times its length
invented 1958DuPont chemist Joseph Shivers created it
trade nameLycra is spandex with better marketing
hidden everywhereLurks in jeans, socks, and surgical hosiery