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    Duct tape, originally “Duck Tape”, was developed by Johnson & Johnson during WW2 to keep moisture from damaging boxes of ammunition.

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HMS Minotaur was shipwrecked, with a loss of over 370 men

On the 22nd December, 1810, a navigational error caused the HMS Minotaur to sink, killing between 370 and 500 of the ship’s crew.

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