Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The zipper may be the most unsung invention we humans have ever come up with. Prior to zippers, everyone walked around like idiots with nothing but buttons to hold their clothes together. The zipper changed all that. The zipper changed everything.

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