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The burrs on burdock fruits that get stuck in clothes provided the inspiration for Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral to create Velcro.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The burrs on burdock fruits that get stuck in clothes provided the inspiration for Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral to create Velcro.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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After a walk in the woods with his dog one day in 1948, de Mestral marveled at the ability of burrs to fasten themselves to his dog's coat and to his own wool clothing.
Sticky Stuff 2008
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The burrs on burdock fruits that get stuck in clothes provided the inspiration for Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral to create Velcro.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Half an hour later Mestral arrived, with a regular arsenal of cameras and flash-bulb equipment.
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1971
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Mestral was a fast worker, he knew, so he stifled his impatience and filled in the time by opening his mail.
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1971
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Mestral was a fast worker, he knew, so he stifled his impatience and filled in the time by opening his mail.
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges -101 1971
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“They should be in about ten minutes … Ten minutes, Mestral, is that right?”
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1971
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Half an hour later Mestral arrived, with a regular arsenal of cameras and flash-bulb equipment.
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges -101 1971
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“They should be in about ten minutes … Ten minutes, Mestral, is that right?”
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges -101 1971
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