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Duct Tape

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

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The History of Duct Tape

In 1902, crews constructing the Williamsburg Bridge across the East River used 100,000 yards of cotton duct tape. The Oxford English Dictionary first added an entry for duct tape, duct like the animal. Alex Beller told us this wouldn't alter the surface it was on. We should have you get a tape, a lawyer commercial.

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