why were q tips invented
They warn you on the box not to insert these things in your ear canal, but it sure beats what the inventor's wife used prior to his creation. Q-Tips were invented in the 1920's by a Polish-born American named Leo Gerstenzang. It seems that Leo's lovely and beautiful wife had rigged up a different device to clean their baby's ears at bathtime - a toothpick stuck into a piece of cotton.