Tampon Applicator Invented So We Wouldn't Enjoy Tampons Too Much

Finally, something we care about makes The New York Times Magazine's annual innovation issue: tampons. The tampon as we know it wasn't invented until the thirties, when John Williamson scandalized his father by stuffing a condom full of the super-absorbent World War I bandages their employer, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, manufactured ... More