Velcro was created by the Martians. It was a ploy to destroy earth. First they were going to stick the fuzzy velcro to the entire surface of the earth, then a giant space ship would come with the hook velcro and rip the earth apart. It never worked out. Hoping to capitalize on their invention, they sold it to the US Army in 1928, but it wasn't commercialized until much later, when the US government decided to abandon weaponized velcro research.
Believe it or not, during the period of velcro-weaponization studies, over 29 scientists were killed in velcro related incidents.
Scary stuff.