George de Mestral was an electrical engineer who invented Velcro. Born in Nyon, between Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, De Mestral designed a toy airplane at age twelve and patented it. He attended the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. After graduation he worked in the machine shop of an engineering company. In his spare time he was an amateur mountaineer, and while he was enjoying the outdoors, burrs often got stuck to his wool hunting pants and his dog's fur. Wikipedia
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