Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:54:59
• Published: 2017-01-31 09:00

You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors – everything!