What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

posted 11 months ago

NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Does anyone else find themselves recalling random facts for no apparent reason? Like,

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

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CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world

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11 months ago

The buttons on suit jackets are a holdover from a time that buttons were new, and therefore fashionable. Well to do sorts had buttons all over their suits, even in places that would be considered silly these days.

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hactar42@lemmy.world

3 points

11 months ago

Similar fact - ties, as in neck or bow, are the only common men’s clothing item that serve no practical purpose.

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sploosh@lemmy.world

11 points

11 months ago

When buttons were new and therefore fashionable? I feel like buttons predate suits by a wide margin.

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CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world

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11 months ago

Maybe it was for a new kind or material of button? This factoid is from long ago and is half remembered.

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