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Eduard Simon
Eduard Simon, an apothecary in Berlin, Germany, accidentally discovered polystyrene in 1839. Simon distilled an oily substance from storax, the resin of the Sweetgum tree, Liquidambar orientalis, which he named "styrol".
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