Yesterday, Harry Coover, inventor of super glue, passed away.
During World War II, he accidentally invented Cyanoacrylate.
It wasn't until 1958 that Superglue (now better known as Super Glue) was brought to market by Eastman Kodak.
Harry Coover lived to be 94 years old.
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