The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is “Durafoam” sponge, advertised as a catch-all cleaning tool, capable of banishing everything from permanent marker to soap scum to beet juice.

Procter & Gamble Magic Erasers ($13.99 for eight, amazon.com), the ubiquitous white sponges that have been manufactured by Procter & Gamble for nearly two decades, seem capable of tackling any and every cleaning job.

The truth is, Magic Erasers are just tiny rectangular pieces of melamine foam with a cleaning agent inside. That said, it's not the cleaning agent that makes them so effective, it's the material.

This might blow your mind but Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and generic melamine foam don't have a chemical cleaner or soap inside them, it's literally just an abrasive foam that makes them work.

Magic Eraser detects distractions in your photos, like photobombers or power lines, so you can remove them in just a few taps. You can also circle or brush other things you want to erase and Magic Eraser will make them disappear.

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In 1770 English engineer Edward Nairne is reported to have developed the first widely marketed rubber eraser, for an inventions competition. Until that time the material was known as gum elastic or by its Native American name (via French) caoutchouc.

The original erasers were bread. Until the 1770s, humanity's preferred way of erasing errant graphite marks relied on bread that had been de-crusted, moistened and balled up. While these erasers were cheap and plentiful, they had a distinct disadvantage: They were, you know, made of bread.

Clean pattern is added. The sheets are cut into individual Magic Eraser pieces using one of three presses in the plant. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser has a shiny new home in Lackawanna.

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Magic Eraser is made of superfine foam which is abrasive and can result in rashes or burns, even with gentle rubbing. Because of this, the Magic Eraser should never be used on a child or adult's skin.

Several synthetic rubber compounds have been used to make erasers. These include isoprene-isobutylene (butyl rubber), styrene-butadiene, and ethylene-propylene copolymers.