aaron heslehurst tells us the story. 0w! it's duct tape. it is what we used to patch up cars, furniture, even shoes! where does come from? it comes from her! she was working in world war two in an american arms factory and she wrote to president roosevelt. she said there was a problem with us ammo boxes. it was ha rd problem with us ammo boxes. it was hard for soldiers to remove the waterproof seal on them, and that lost precious time in combat. they were working on a sticky tape they could rip off to open the box. the wartime government told johnson & johnson, the maker of bandaids, to start churning it out. they called at 100 mile start churning it out. they called at100 mile an start churning it out. they called at 100 mile an hour tape because it could be used for all sorts of repairs to be after the war, builders used it to steal air ducts. and that is how it got the word duct tape. —— seal. it was even used on the moon to fix a broken fender on the moon to fix a broken fender on the lunar rover in 1972. the leading maker sells $30