Who invented the toothbrush? - Answers Universe

The first toothbrush with bristles was developed in China in 1498.

Bristles were taken from hogs at first, and later from horses and even badgers.

Not until 1938 were nylon bristles, more sanitary and less dangerous, developed by Du Pont.

What was the first instant coffee? Nescafe, developed by the Nestle Company and introduced in Switzerland in 1938 was the first instant coffee. It had taken eight years to develop.
In men’s underwear what does BVD stand for? BVD does not stand for, as once believed, "Baby's Ventilated Diapers" or "Boys' Ventilated Drawers". Instead, it stands for the three founders of the company, Bradley, Voorhees, and Day.
Who created the Burma-Shave advertisements on American roadways earlier in this century? The now legendary and defunct Burma-Shave advertisements were developed in 1926 by Allan Odell, the son of the founder of the Burma-Vita Company. Burma-Shave was a new product, the first brushless shaving cream,…
Why did bottles of Dr. Pepper bear the numbers 10, 2, and 4? The numbers 10, 2, and 4 represented the times between meals when a person's energy is at its lowest and can be revived by Dr. Pepper.
Who invented the Bic pen and who was it named after? The Bic pen is named for Baron Biche. But Biche did not invent the ballpoint pen, Hungarian Laszlo Biro did, in 1938. Biche's French firm, Bic, took over the English company that had…
What does L.S.M.F.T. mean and who created it? LSMFT means Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco. It was the creation of George Washington Hill, son of Buck Duke, founder of the American Tobacco Company. The slogan, introduced in the early 1940s, became…