The closely related bicorn hat was a common feature ofmilitary uniformsfrom the 1790s to the early 1900s.In the late 1700s, beaver felt top hats were invented, and by the 1800s, they were all the rage, and through the 1800s, most of our favorite modern hat styles were born. Thebowle...
After 12 hours of agony, the Queen finally delivered a healthy boy, who was named Louis de France. Courtiers in the inner rooms signaled the baby’s sex to those in outer chambers by hurling their hats up the air (arms were crossed if the baby was a girl). King Louis XIV, the flamb...
We're Not Cappin' When We Say These Are The Best Men's Hats Written by Tom Barker4 months ago in Style Highsnobiety / JULIEN TELL Since we got the obligatory questionable pun about "no cap" out of the way in the headline for this article, let's get straight into why headwear is ...
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In spite of its initial popularity, the radio hats were discontinued in 1955 to make way for a new era of audio portability: the transistor radio. 1950: Early remote control Pinot Dita // Flickr 1950: Early remote control Zenith was a pioneer in the creation of the TV remote. It started...
Why don't Microsoft just invent, or re-invent and pretend they invented, another language that's new to everyone and use that for their samples, then nobody (or everybody) can complain.On a serious note, why not just present samples that are not dependent on any particular language featur...
Condoms, birth control pills, and other modern contraceptives also didn't exist until they were invented, researched, and mass-produced by greedy capitalist corporations. Now they have become a basic "human right" guaranteed and provided by the government. Vaccines for Ebola and other exoti...
Chamber pots were invented as toilets that could be used privately inside the home. Eventually, people built specific chambers inside the home to place their pots. By the nineteenth century, it was common for rich people to have a separate chamber for every room, with flushable pots. ...
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Several silver 1944 pennies and copper 1943 pennies were made in error; some are still in circulation today, and may be worth thousands of dollars. 1944: Lead pipe from Clue John Lambert Pearson // Flickr 1944: Lead pipe from Clue When Anthony Pratt invented Clue in 1944, the board game ...