Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: D-Day or Teflon?
Teflon came first, in 1938 (discovered). D-Day followed 6 years later, in 1944.
- Second1944
D-Day
event · happenedOn D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy.
- First1938
Teflon
invention · discoveredTeflon was discovered by accident in 1938 by a chemist working on gases for fridges.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.