Does anyone know where packing peanuts originated from?

United States
July 8, 2009 5:38pm CST
A friend and I were having a dsicussion today about packing peanuts (deep, I know) He said that the first "packing peanuts" were actually peanuts. I disagreed, saying that penuts are too brittle and crunchy to be effective in packing. Does anyone know who's right?
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@ky1119 (698)
• United States
9 Jul 09
Wow, I just did a search and didn't find anything. Things that make you go hmmm...lol