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

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

  • @CopernicusQwark
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    1311 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.

    • @sploosh
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      1111 months ago

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

      • @CopernicusQwark
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        111 months ago

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

    • @hactar42
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      311 months ago

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