What are the facts you remember for no specific reason - eviltoast

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

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

  • CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world
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    10 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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      10 months ago

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

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      10 months ago

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