Genericide: When A Brand Name Becomes Generic
Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly
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The History of Duct Tape
Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third lunar landing. When oxygen tank number 2 exploded, it caused oxygen tank number 1 to also fail. The three astronauts' only chance of survival was to crawl out of the failing command module and move into the lunar module where life support systems weren't yet compromised. There were filters from the command module they could use, but they were square.
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