Don’t you hate when you accidentally forget to zip up your pants, or the zipper somehow comes undone? Well, this simple life hack will make sure it never happens again – though there are no guarantees if you’re in a drunken stupor. Best of all, you most likely have one of these laying around the house already, but if not, this item will only cost you less than $1. Continue reading for the instructions.

Interesting facts:

  • Gideon Sundback is a Swedish-American electrical engineer most commonly associated with the development of the fastening device that revolutionised the clothing industry – the zipper.
  • The first zipper design was improved on in 1905.
  • Look at your zipper…Do you see the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, which is the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
  • One of the first customers of “the zipper” was the US Army. It applied zippers to the clothing and gear of the troops of World War I.

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