Did you know that Monday is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day? We’ve dug-up some interesting facts about everyone’s favorite popping packing material – or stress reliever – depending on how you look at it!Bubble wrap got it’s start in 1957 when two inventors got the idea by sealing two shower curtains together, which trapped air bubbles between them.Bubble wrap was originally marketed as a type of textured wallpaper. It never caught on.Bubble wasn’t actually widely used as a packing material until 1961 when IBM was looking for a way to ship it’s new computers.Experts say 1 minute of popping bubble wrap relieves the same amount of stress as a 33-minute massage.We produce enough bubble wrap each year to wrap the entire globe about 10 times.The current world record for the most people popping bubble wrap at the same time is 942 people.
