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Planet Money — Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear
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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Planet Money

From nuclear fission to GPS to the internet, it’s common knowledge that many of the most resource intensive technologies of the last century got their start as military R&D projects in government-funded labs. But as Avery Trufelman explains in her fashion history podcast, Articles of Interest, the influence of the US…

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