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a plastic gyroscope that promised to cure anxiety and bankrupted a thousand fad bets.
older patentPatented in 1993, long before the 2017 craze
sales explosionMade up most fidget toy sales in 2017
banned widelySchools outlawed them for shattering attention spans
physics flexSpins from conservation of angular momentum, not magic
fishing rootsThe name also means a spinning lure for fish