Entrepreneurs and athletes also grinned with satisfaction and profit after savoring his contribution to the world’s consumer culture.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Diemer created the first bubble gum in 1928.
For the recent high school graduate working as an accountant for a gum firm and also doing part-time work as a home-kitchen chemist, it was an unforeseen inspiration.
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Diemer changed why people chewed by combining inventiveness, curiosity, gut feeling, a little bit of luck, and pink food coloring.
At the age of 23, the young man lacked any scientific background. But he was open to failing and had a strong enthusiasm for the creative process.
He is the ideal illustration.
