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You're right, I was thinking of play dough
Silly Putty I think was an attempt to make plastic that failed and they went "well it's kind of fun to play with, we'll sell it as a toy?"
wikis the pedia
Rubber. It was an attempt to make synthetic rubber during WWII rationing. Found to be pretty useless but kind of a fun toy.
Haha I actually was curious how it came to be after your comment, but didn't get around to looking it up myself. Neat