Step 1 : Introduction to the question "8. What product sold more than 64 million pairs within the first year of coming on the market in 1939? "
...1. Barbies 2. Nylon stockings 3. Lip stick 4. High-heeled shoes Wallace H. Carothers (1896-1937) was the brilliant scientist who invented nylon. Although he and his team produced a perfect synthetic fiber, he saw himself as a failed scientist (despite having several patents). He became depressed and swallowed a fatal dose of cyanide, alone in his hotel room. He was only 41.