Sticking Together: The Unseen Journey of Hook and Loop Fasteners

The hook and loop fastener is such a natural part of our everyday life that hardly anyone has ever thought about the exciting story behind this invention. This is a journey through the past 70 years - and to places where we would never expect to find this invention.

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[jek]

😮 This is amazing. I taught my children that NASA invented Velcro. Now I will tell them about a Swiss guy & his dog, rationing during WWII, silk vs nylon, and mass advertising by a gossip columnist.

[TomKascht-hfwx]

PA LEEZE, this was developed in the far East centuries ago.

[iteerrex]

The real story of hook and loop is when a group of researchers from the planet Volcan, were visiting earth and their shuttle crashed. So they lived among humans while waiting for a rescue. One of them wanted to help this human boy to go to university. So she sold the hook and look patent and donated the money to the boy. This story is documented in Star Trek Enterprise 😁