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Velcro, the “zipperless zipper,” exists on a variety of products from children’s shoes to laptop bags to blood pressure gauges to airplane flotation devices. While the term is used synonymously to describe the hook-and-loop style of binding, it’s actually the name of the company that ...
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This unique brand caught our eye on Instagram with its customizable velcro valuables pouches. The affordable zipper bag can be decorated with fun, golf-themed patches inspired by top players, equipment and gear. The patches are $12 each and are purchased separately from the pouch ($23). Chec...
The tech has been around for a while now, but it's been the last few years that air fryers have become the greatest thing since velcro. International Space Station | 1998 Getty Images/iStockphoto International Space Station | 1998 This totally blew my mind. The Space Station wasn't launche...
James Fox, director of the New York City FBI, announced at a press conference, "The Teflon is gone. The don is covered with Velcro, and all the charges stuck." On June 23, 1992, Glasser sentenced both defendants to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and a $250,000 ...
In 2011, a Florida woman and her boyfriendwere sentencedto 12 years in prison after their Burmese python escaped from its cage and strangled the woman's 2-year-old daughter to death. Venomous reptiles, as well as crocodiles, chimpanzees, tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards are banned in th...
Effect-wise, I’ve got myself a tuner, EHX Mel9 Mellotron emulator, EHX Microsynth, EHX Ring Thing, Ibanez TS9DX, and a Boss DD-7 all velcro’d to an old red shelf. I went kinda nuts with pedal purchasing this year. The Ring Thing is probably the coolest because it does alien-sou...
37 | Dave Letterman Introducing the World to Velcro YouTube/NBC In the '80s,David Lettermanwas still the rebel of late night television, and he knew just how to find comedy in things that no one had ever considered before. Case in point: We never thought velcro was all that funny until...
I’m a Chaco’s girl, I will admit (see my favorites here) but lately, theseTevasare taking over and I’ve been taking them on more and more trips. I love the ease of the Velcro. These are the “Tirra” and they are incredibly comfortable and will double as a water shoe. ...