{"id":9073,"date":"2012-02-19T07:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=9073"},"modified":"2012-02-16T12:04:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T20:04:18","slug":"where-the-word-velcro-came-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/where-the-word-velcro-came-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the Word &#8220;Velcro&#8221; Came From"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/etymology-velcro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9074\" title=\"etymology-velcro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/etymology-velcro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/etymology-velcro.jpg 559w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/etymology-velcro-340x153.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The word &#8220;Velcro&#8221; is derived from the French &#8220;velour&#8221; (velvet) and &#8220;crochet&#8221; (hooks).\u00a0 So essentially, Velcro just means &#8220;hooked velvet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Velcro Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/velcro-was-modeled-after-burrs-of-the-burdock-plant-that-stuck-to-velcros-inventors-pants-after-a-hunting-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8220;Velcro&#8221; is derived from the French &#8220;velour&#8221; (velvet) and &#8220;crochet&#8221; (hooks).\u00a0 So essentially, Velcro just means &#8220;hooked velvet&#8221;. Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[2186,2185,938],"class_list":["post-9073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-facts","tag-etymology-velcro","tag-velcro","tag-velcro-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9075,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073\/revisions\/9075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}