Chapter 80: The Hula Hoop Era
Hula hoops in history should have been produced in 1958 by two young toy manufacturers in San Gabriel, California. They are Richard Nell and Arthur Merlin, the co-owner of a manufacturing company called Whitmore. In March 1958, they met an acquaintance at a toy fair in New York. This person is telling you that there is a big wooden circle that is popular all over Australia, and children put it on their buttocks and play around. After returning to the company, they began to make this toy circle. In the beginning, they made wooden circles, but it didn't take long before they didn't do it. They don't like wooden rings, so they use plastic to give it a try. A few months later, they tried many kinds of plastics, and finally chose colorful polyethylene to make this kind of toy circle. At the b
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