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Which came first: Teflon or Woodstock festival?

Teflon came first, in 1938 (discovered). Woodstock festival followed 31 years later, in 1969 (held).

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  1. First1938

    Teflon

    invention · discovered

    Teflon was discovered by accident in 1938 by a chemist working on gases for fridges.

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  2. Second1969

    Woodstock festival

    event · held

    Woodstock drew more than 400,000 people to a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.

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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.