In the beginning, it was the button. Then came the zipper. And then came Velcro. The ubiquitous “touch fastener” was invented about 60 years ago by a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral, who based his idea on his observation of the way burrs stuck to the fur of his hunting dogs after a walk
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