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jan 5, 1938 - Sunscreen Was Created

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Sunscreen was first invented in 1938, by the one and only inventor called Franz Greiter and then enhanced by Benjamin Green in 1944. The sunscreen contained a mixture of both cocoa butter and red veterinary petroleum.

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jan 5, 1938
Now
~ 88 years ago