Squirrel Nut Zippers came together with the greatest of ease. Their hit came even more easily, with a song Tom Maxwell claims to have dashed off in 15 minutes. Most effortless of all was their breakup ...

Most zippers are just there, on jeans & coats, whatever. But they weren't always seen so innocently. When zippers first appeared, some people thought they were too suggestive. Here's the story of how ...

There are several men responsible for the evolution of the zipper: Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, patented the “Automatic, continuous clothing closure” in 1851 — but it didn’t look a ...

What do zippers have in common with the Ferris Wheel, Cracker Jacks, Juicy Fruit gum and the first practical dishwasher? They were all introduced to the world at the 1893 Chicago Worlds’s Fair, which ...

Take a look at a zipper on any given pair of pants and chances are it’s inscribed with the letters “YKK,” an acronym stamped on some 7 billion zippers a year. Every one of them is manufactured by a ...

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A leading global supplier of zippers discovered PFAS, per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the paint used on some of its products – an example of how difficult it is for companies to remove the ...