A survey by Sealed Air Corporation supposedly found that one minute spent popping Bubble Wrap relieves as much stress as a 33-minute massage.

Bubble Wrap is so closely linked to shipping and storage that it feels almost inevitable that it was created to protect fragile boxes. Its true origin tells a very different story. Bubble Wrap started ...

But thankfully, inventors Alfred Fielding and his chemist business partner, Marc Chavannes, were extraordinarily open to repurposing Bubble Wrap, which they came up with in 1957.