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The Chinese invented the toy in about 1000 BC. Freely available on the trade routes, the device found it's way to the Phillipines where it was named yo-yo (come back) and used as a weapon in the 16th century. In the early 20th century, re-marketed as a toy, the YO-YO manufacturing company was formed in Santa Barbara CA by Phillipines buisnessman Pedro Flores.

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