Interesting Facts about Duct Tape
On Apollo 13 flight duct tape was used to fix a CO2 leak that then saved 3 lives- and is now always carried on NASA flights.
A girl made her entire prom dress and her date's tuxedo out of duct tape - and it was not a simple dress either!
The amount of duct tape sold in one year could be enough duct tape to go from the Earth to the Moon about 1.2 times and around the Earth's equator 12.3 times.
Even though it's called duct tape, a test by Berkeley Lab in 1998 proved that duct tape isn't actually that good for fixing ducts.
A normal person can rip duct tape with their own hands yet if doubled over duct tape is strong enough to pull a 2,000 lb car out of a ditch.
Springfield, Missouri is known as the unofficial Duct Tape Capital of the World.
In 2005 a manufacturer by the name of Henkal sold 873 rolls of duct tape - that's enough duct tape to go the length of the Great Wall of China 119 times!!!
Every year Duct Brand Duct Tape holds a contest where girls try to make the best prom dress out of duct tape. The reward: a $3,000 college scholarship!!!
In Avon, Ohio every year they celebrate a Duct Tape Festival that has be going on for 3 years. There are crafts, songs, and many duct tape activities.
Duct tape is actually used in the U.S. to help protect individuals from terrorist attacks.
In the 1940's when duct tape rolls were stacked in the stores the rolls would stick together. In the 1970's the Manco Company created the solution to this problem by having plastic placed over the rolls of tape.
Even though it's called duct tape, a test by Berkeley Lab in 1998 proved that duct tape isn't actually that good for fixing ducts.
A normal person can rip duct tape with their own hands yet if doubled over duct tape is strong enough to pull a 2,000 lb car out of a ditch.
Springfield, Missouri is known as the unofficial Duct Tape Capital of the World.
In 2005 a manufacturer by the name of Henkal sold 873 rolls of duct tape - that's enough duct tape to go the length of the Great Wall of China 119 times!!!
Every year Duct Brand Duct Tape holds a contest where girls try to make the best prom dress out of duct tape. The reward: a $3,000 college scholarship!!!
In Avon, Ohio every year they celebrate a Duct Tape Festival that has be going on for 3 years. There are crafts, songs, and many duct tape activities.
Duct tape is actually used in the U.S. to help protect individuals from terrorist attacks.
In the 1940's when duct tape rolls were stacked in the stores the rolls would stick together. In the 1970's the Manco Company created the solution to this problem by having plastic placed over the rolls of tape.