Duct tape, as we know it, was created during the Second World War. The military needed a tape that would be 1) waterproof and 2) could be easily torn.

Duct tape was born. A rubber-based adhesive was apply to mesh cloth with the rubberized waterproof coating. It was originally army green.

• Duct tape
• World War II
• military
• waterproof
• Duct tape
• green