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Q: When was the plastic drinking straw invented?
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Did the Chinese invent the drinking straw?

The drinking straw as we know it today was invented in 1888 by Marvin Stone.


What was the first drinking straw made of?

the chinese invented the straw made of bamboo


How were drinking straws invented?

The modern drinking straw was patented on 3 December 1888 by Marvin Chester Stone who was employed at a paper cigarette holder factory in Washington DC. He invented the drinking straw by using a fine piece of paper from the cigarette holder factory, rolled it around a pencil then coated it in wax to prevent it becoming waterlogged.


Who invented the bendable straw?

Arthur A. Aykanian (b.1923), of Massachusetts, invented the first plastic bendable straw, the so-called "bendy straw." He had a patent on the first stay-bent plastic straw, as well. He was the inventor of the spoon straw, originally used for the 7-11 Slurpee.


Can drugs be injected using a plastic drinking straw?

injected, no sniffed, yes


In what year was the bendable straw invented?

It was a man named Joseph Friedman, who patented the flexible drinking straw in 1937.


Why did Marvin c stone invent the drinking straw?

Marvin Chester Stone invented the drinking straw because he didn't like the earlier invention of drinking straws by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia where they used dry, hollow, rye-grass as drinking straw's. He believed it made beverages taste like grass.


A standard drinking straw is 19.5cm long and has a diameter of 0.6. How many centimeters of plastic are used in one straw?

36.7614 cm sq of plastic (.6cm x 3.142 =1.8852 x 19.5 = 36.7614)


Do straw float in a glass of water?

Yes, plastic drinking straws will float in water.


Can you eat a straw?

No, not a drinking straw. As for straw as in grass, I guess someone could eat that.


When was the drinking straw patented?

The modern drinking straw was patented on 3 December 1888 by Marvin Chester Stone.


Who was the drinking straw made by?

Historians have four that the earliest drinking straw was made by Sumerians for drinking beer. It was used to avoid the solid byproducts of fermentation.