#GetFact'd: Locker loops are a thing in men's shirts
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise lived for 175 years!
Darren Maule's Get Fact'd gives you interesting information that is both educational and informative.
And they left Keri and Sky intrigued...
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1.
The little loops on the back of men's dress shirts have an official name and use. They're called 'locker loops' and were earlier made on sailors' shirts so they could hang their shirts anywhere on hooks on their ship. Universities later followed to keep their button down uniforms wrinkle-free.
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2.
This might be an example of a skeuomorph, a design element that once had a functional purpose but is now just ornamental. A skeuomorph is often used in cellphones, for example, the Contact List icon that's a rolodex, the Alarm app that looks like an old clock, etc.
3.
Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise Harriet didn't die until 2006 at an estimated age of 175 years. By any reasonable measure, Darwin was Harriet's pet human. Perhaps just one of many.
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