Shoelace tying calculations Let’s presume that you take around 20 seconds to tie your laces and you you take your shoes on and off twice a day, that you learnt to tie your shoelaces at the age of 5 and you live to age 85. 20×2 = 40 seconds per day40*365 days of the year …
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The Alexandra Limp In 1863 Alexandra of Denmark married the Princess of Wales. She was very popular and particularly admired for her style among fashion-conscious women of society. Everything the Princess did, the fashionable young women would copy. So when she wore a choker to hide a scar on her neck, all well-to-do women wore …
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The Padaung people (Thailand) are known as the long-necked people because the women wear many tight, thick brass rings around their necks. Girls first start to wear rings when they are around 5 years old. Over the years , more coils are added and their necks appear to stretch, which is considered a sign of …
A French researcher has suggested that wearing a bra encourages sagging by weakening the breast’s supporting tissue. In a 15-year study, a sports science expert from the University of Besançon Rouillon found that women who never wore bras had nipples on average seven millimeters higher in relation to their shoulders each year than regular bra …
A Zambian Chimpanzee called Julie is something of a trendsetter. In 2010 she put a piece of grass in her ear. No-one knows why as it served no useful purpose. But soon all the other chimps were doing it. The fashion spread from one group to another until everyone was doing it (I guess that’s …
Chinese emperors and courtiers carried small Pekingese dogs in their sleeves as an ornamental accessory. The smallest and most ferocious dogs were called “sleeves” because royalty would tote the canines in their garments’ roomy sleeves. Serving as an “ancient Chinese version of mace,” the dogs would scare off anyone threatening the courtiers. The fashion was …
How did women relieve themselves when wearing those enormous 18th-century dresses? The answer is a ‘Bourdaloue’. It was a boat-shaped vessel with a raised lip at one end and handle at the other, a bit like a gravy boat and the maid would be expected to carry this for her mistress and empty it after …
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