Frisbee: How A Game Was Created From An Empty Dessert Plate


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When he became a fighter-bomber pilot in WWII 10 years after that, Morrison continued to improve the design of the disc. His now-wife Nay helped him with this. He was able to create a disc with a sloping edge and it is known as Morisson’s slope.

He started calling the toy Pluto Platter as he was capitalizing on the UFO craze at that time. Morrison even put the names of the planets around the disc.

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Photo credit: Christian Science Monitor