I’m guessing that almost everyone listening to this podcast has, within the last day, used a zipper.

They are ubiquitous at this point and most people have never given them much thought. Yet, its invention was a rather inspired leap of creativity and required the development of several other technologies before it could even become a thing.

Learn more about the zipper, how it was invented and how it is used today, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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