"Everybody wanted to be Edison or Bell. Judson clearly caught that fever. He was very much eager to be remembered as an inventor." Whitcomb L. Judson was born on March 7, 1846 either in Chicago or ...

Those aren't the initials of the inventor of the zipper — his name was Whitcomb L. Judson, and he patented the first zipper in the late 19th century. Here's a brief explanation of why "YKK" is ...