Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The invention of Silly String was a complete accident that nearly didn't happen. In 1972, inventor Leonard A. Fish and chemist ...

Hollywood Halloween revelers beware: those celebrating the haunted holiday with silly string are in danger of being fined. Thanks to a Los Angeles Municipal Code ordinance, anyone possessing, using or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Silly String prohibition sign in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. (David McNew/AFP via Getty Images) To hear police ...

Talk about an irresistible human interest story: a soldier stationed in Iraq tells his mother back in New Jersey that Silly String, the spray-can party favor of his childhood, can detect invisible ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 - Silly String has been blacklisted in Hollywood. For this, thanks goes largely to Tom LaBonge, a city councilman who sponsored an ordinance last year making it illegal to ...

Some of humanity’s greatest inventions were created by accident. Corn Flakes were originally meant to be a dough made from boiled wheat, Silly Putty was supposed to be an artificial rubber, and Silly ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Halloween is finally here! It’s time to celebrate macabre mischief, ghouls and ...

Who didn’t have a blast with Silly String growing up? Even as adults, it can be a blast at parties and fun to enjoy with your kids, nieces, and nephews. It truly is silly and makes you smile and laugh ...

LOS ANGELES — To hear police and locals tell it, Halloween in Hollywood two decades ago was out of control, with revelers routinely spraying and damaging property with a product deemed such a menace ...

MASON COUNTY, MI - A Silly String incident at a Walmart store has resulted in retail fraud charges against a couple who made a mess with the canned string. The Muskegon couple entered the store ...