Accidental Inventions : Thank Fido for Velcro
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 3, 2021 2:28pm CST
The inventor of velcro was out hunting with his faithful hound when he became agitated with burrs sticking to both himself and his dog. Apparently, George De Mestral was a man who looked at things from a scientific mind. He wanted to understand why the burrs stuck to him and his pooch.
So he put the burrs under a microscope and studied them in 1941. What he found were little hooks that efficiently bound itself to whatever came in contact with it. He took this information and turned it into a revolutionary way to fasten things without the use of buttons or zippers.
Do you use velcro in your everyday life?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Feb 21
A little and I've bought a few packages before but they don't make it easy to figure out our they don't work as well as it seems like it would.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
I haven't used velcro in years and I've never attempted to sew it on to anything. I can imagine it would be a headache.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman That almost sounds like it was cheaply made or not quality controlled.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum the stuff I've bought can also be stuck on with take but then the velcro section does seem like it actually had the velcro on it for some reason.
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@snowy22315 (209044)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Always the thinker in the group. Where would civlilzation be without them? Probably still living in caves! 
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@snowy22315 (209044)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Thatched houses! Our little cottage...or maybe hollow trees like the Hobbit!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@snowy22315 Now hollowed trees would be amazing. I would absolutely love staying in one of those. Maybe not living, but staying? 
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Or Earthen houses
Though some of those that I've seen are pretty nifty. 
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@AmbiePam (120944)
• United States
3 Feb 21
OK, let's go hunting and see what happens. Mushroom hunting that is. Have you seen those places that train dogs to sniff out those really expensive muahrooms?
I don't think I have used velcro in quite awhile.And how did I drift off to mushrooms? Sorry!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
No worries! I still want to go looking for morel mushrooms. I had no idea that dogs sniffed out the expensive ones but it makes sense!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 21
Yes, I read a little bit about him from one of the articles I skimmed through. He had a very analytical mind.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Do you watch SciShow on YouTube? That was one of their little videos that I watched a few days ago.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Nope. Found this just by googling accidental inventions.
I do like stuff like that though. I have Discovery + that I need to explore more.
I do like stuff like that though. I have Discovery + that I need to explore more.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum You might check that site out. I really like watching them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil Thanks, I'll look them up the next time i'm on youtube.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 21
When I saw this about velcro my mind went to those little shoes kids wear with velcro.
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