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DID YOU KNOW? During World War ll, Vesta Stoudt wanted to create a waterproof, cloth-based tape to seal boxes of ammunition so that soldiers could easily open them while under fire. She
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TIL that duct tape was invented by Vesta Stoudt, a factor worker during WWII and the mother of 2 sons in the Navy. When her supervisors at the factory dismissed her idea
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Simon Houpt on Twitter: "@ellenvanstone But! It doesn't come up under a search for images. (So...yay?) https://t.co/iC1ImgAoF5" / Twitter
Today, I'd like to give a big shout out to Vesta Stoudt. In the 1940s, Mrs. Stoudt worked in the Green River Ordnance Plant n
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