The origin story of the modern zipper is surprisingly fascinating, and the way zippers are designed is genius.

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The search engine's latest "doodle" is in honor of Gideon Sundback, the inventor of the modern zipper. The Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog says it's "perhaps the company's most enticing Doodle yet.

Google.com celebrates the 132nd birthday of Gideon Sundback on its home page. And who's Sundback? The Swedish-born inventor owns Patent No. 1,219,881, the separable faster -- more commonly known as ...

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1913: Engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, N.J., received a patent for a "separable fastener" - later known as the zipper. 2011: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton were married at London's ...