[Tfug] Thank goodness for Bill Gates!

Michael Schultheiss schultmc at cinlug.org
Tue Sep 26 09:21:40 MST 2006


JD Rogers wrote:
> On 9/20/06, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
> > Without space shuttles we wouldn't have velcro.
> 
> Really!? I thought it was some Swiss guy who came up with the idea in
> the 50's while pulling burrs out of his dog.

Close:

Velcro was invented in 1948 by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer.




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