\u2026 is for your\u00a0pocket watch. Well, maybe not yours, but the cowboys who made blue jeans famous in the 1800s were plumb grateful for it. Typically, watches were carried on chains and worn in waistcoats, but hard field labor made that a lot less practical. Outdoors, the \u201cwatch pocket\u201d on any pair of jeans did just the trick\u2014even after watches moved to the wrist. \u201cThis extra pouch has served many functions, evident in its many titles,\u201d the Levi Strauss website reminds us: \u201cfrontier pocket, coin pocket, match pocket, and ticket pocket, to name a few.\u201d\n
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Home Burglaries Are More Likely to Occur During the Day\n
We usually think of home burglaries occurring in the cover of night, but in fact, homes are more likely to be subject to burglary while the sun is out. According to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics, burglaries were\u00a06 percent more likely\u00a0to occur between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (when residents were at work or running errands) than at night.\n
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Keep Spiders Away\n\nSo what does wd 40 do? Well, WD stands for “water displacing” and it’s mainly used is as a solvent. WD-40 has lubricant-like properties, that do not come from the substance itself, but rather from dissolving components. Have a fear of spiders? Just spray some WD-40 on places where spiders and\u00a0other insects can get in, such as windowsills and door frames. It will keep the spiders and other bugs out.\n![\"\"](%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/shutterstock_730367926-spider-1200x1200-1-300x300.jpg%5C%22 "\\"\\"")
\nA Messy Home Might Help Stoke Creativity\n
In areas where you get creative\u2014your home office, workshop, or kitchen\u2014researchers have found that clutter can enhance creativity. In\u00a0several experiments, subjects were asked to complete creative tasks\u2014complete a puzzle, take a “Remote Associates Test,” and create a drawing\u2014in a cluttered room and a pristine one. Those in the messy room completed the puzzle fastest, scored highest on the Remote Associates Test, and earned the best marks from the drawing-judging panel.\n
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\n\n\n\nLast-Ditch Patching Fix\n\nYou’ve made two trips to the home center store already but you’re eyeing a tiny hole in your wall that you’ve got to patch up and you’ve run out of material. Head to to the bathroom and grab that tube of toothpaste for a quick fix.\nMost Toilets Flush in E Flat\n
Sharp-eared bathroom users may have noticed that the distinctive sound of a toilet flushing corresponds with the\u00a0E Flat note.\n
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Jonathan Rees in his book\u00a0Refrigerator\u00a0says that GE only got into the refrigerator business to help boost its electrical utilities division. Many electric companies were offering discounts to customers who got fridges because the fridges need a constant source of electricity.\n
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If you think all of your refrigerator is one consistent temperature, think again\u2014depending on the model, the amount of chill in the fridge can vary widely. For example, a study conducted by\u00a0CNET found\u00a0temperatures could range in French-door models from 32.8\u00ba to as high as 50.7\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
\nWe Don’t Know Exactly How Microwaves Heat Food\n
You’d think we’d have figured this out before almost every household bought one, but there is some disagreement over how exactly microwave ovens heat food. While the general belief is that particles in the food (especially water) absorb energy from the waves through a process called dielectric heating,\u00a0some scientists\u00a0maintain that it is due to other interactions between the particles that cause the increase in temperature.\n
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Showers Use Less Water Than Baths\n
Filling a tub turns out to be more wasteful approach than a quick power shower. A typical bathtub holds\u00a042 gallons of water, a low-flow shower just uses about two gallons of water a minute. So a 10-minute shower will just use about 20 gallons, compared to the (at least) more than 30 gallons to fill a tub most of the way.\n
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\n\n\n\nSpaghetti Strainer\n
The hole in a spaghetti strainer actually serves two purposes. Besides allowing water to fall out the bottom when you go into scoop out some noodles, the little hole is a measuring tool you can use prior to cooking the noodles. The hole measures out one full serving of noodles.\n
![\"\"](%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/shutterstock_1023760681-1200x1200-1-300x300.jpg%5C%22 "\\"\\"")
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Peanuts aren\u2019t technically nuts\n
They\u2019re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it\u2019s \u201ca hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.\u201d That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren\u2019t nuts either. They\u2019re seeds\n
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Keeping a Refrigerator Full Doesn’t Use Less Energy\n
If you’re trying to save some money on your electricity bill, picking up some extra groceries is not going to do it. While the myth persists that a full fridge uses less energy,\u00a0according to researcher Jacob Talbot of the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “A full refrigerator doesn’t decrease energy use.” Instead, he suggests focusing on checking the seals on the door to prevent leaks and keeping the unit between 36\u00ba and 38\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
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\n\n\nFirefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter\n
The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it\u2019s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it\u2019s known as \u201cwet water.\u201d\n
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\n\n\nThere’s a Difference Between Couches and Sofas\n
We use the two terms interchangeably, but coaches and sofas are two distinct things. To help define the difference, look no further than eBay, whose helpful\u00a0selling guide\u00a0helps sellers tell the difference between the two by defining the couch as “a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying” (even though that definition is slightly outdated) and coming from the French word “couche.”\n
Sofas come from the Arabic word “suffah,” referring to a wooden bench covered in cushions and blankets. That’s evolved to mean they are furniture for more formal occasions and seat four or more people, compared to the couch, which seats two to three.\n
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Shoes Were Once Seen as Ways to Fend Off Evil Spirits\n
Europeans once stashed their shoes in walls, chimneys and under floors in an effort to fend off evil spirits. It wasn’t because they smelled bad\u2014the shoes were seen to possess magical charms that served as protection. So many shoes were found in old buildings that the Northampton Museum and Art in the United Kingdom has created a\u00a0Concealed Shoe Index\u00a0to track these discoveries, tracking about 1,900 concealed shoes so far.\n
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That Tiny Pocket on your Blue Jeans \u2026 \u2026 is for your\u00a0pocket watch. Well, maybe not yours, but the cowboys who made blue jeans famous in the 1800s were plumb grateful for it. Typically, watches were carried on chains and worn in waistcoats, but hard field labor made that a lot less practical. Outdoors, the …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[118,40,26,46,6,31,32],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","tag-facts","tag-households","tag-kitchen","tag-life-hacks","tag-life-style","tag-tips","tag-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA Messy Home Might Help Stoke Creativity\n
In areas where you get creative\u2014your home office, workshop, or kitchen\u2014researchers have found that clutter can enhance creativity. In\u00a0several experiments, subjects were asked to complete creative tasks\u2014complete a puzzle, take a “Remote Associates Test,” and create a drawing\u2014in a cluttered room and a pristine one. Those in the messy room completed the puzzle fastest, scored highest on the Remote Associates Test, and earned the best marks from the drawing-judging panel.\n
\n\nLast-Ditch Patching Fix\n\nYou’ve made two trips to the home center store already but you’re eyeing a tiny hole in your wall that you’ve got to patch up and you’ve run out of material. Head to to the bathroom and grab that tube of toothpaste for a quick fix.\nMost Toilets Flush in E Flat\n
Sharp-eared bathroom users may have noticed that the distinctive sound of a toilet flushing corresponds with the\u00a0E Flat note.\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefrigerators\n
Jonathan Rees in his book\u00a0Refrigerator\u00a0says that GE only got into the refrigerator business to help boost its electrical utilities division. Many electric companies were offering discounts to customers who got fridges because the fridges need a constant source of electricity.\n
\n\n
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If you think all of your refrigerator is one consistent temperature, think again\u2014depending on the model, the amount of chill in the fridge can vary widely. For example, a study conducted by\u00a0CNET found\u00a0temperatures could range in French-door models from 32.8\u00ba to as high as 50.7\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
\nWe Don’t Know Exactly How Microwaves Heat Food\n
You’d think we’d have figured this out before almost every household bought one, but there is some disagreement over how exactly microwave ovens heat food. While the general belief is that particles in the food (especially water) absorb energy from the waves through a process called dielectric heating,\u00a0some scientists\u00a0maintain that it is due to other interactions between the particles that cause the increase in temperature.\n
\n
Showers Use Less Water Than Baths\n
Filling a tub turns out to be more wasteful approach than a quick power shower. A typical bathtub holds\u00a042 gallons of water, a low-flow shower just uses about two gallons of water a minute. So a 10-minute shower will just use about 20 gallons, compared to the (at least) more than 30 gallons to fill a tub most of the way.\n
\n\n\n\n\nSpaghetti Strainer\n
The hole in a spaghetti strainer actually serves two purposes. Besides allowing water to fall out the bottom when you go into scoop out some noodles, the little hole is a measuring tool you can use prior to cooking the noodles. The hole measures out one full serving of noodles.\n
\n
Peanuts aren\u2019t technically nuts\n
They\u2019re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it\u2019s \u201ca hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.\u201d That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren\u2019t nuts either. They\u2019re seeds\n
\n
Keeping a Refrigerator Full Doesn’t Use Less Energy\n
If you’re trying to save some money on your electricity bill, picking up some extra groceries is not going to do it. While the myth persists that a full fridge uses less energy,\u00a0according to researcher Jacob Talbot of the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “A full refrigerator doesn’t decrease energy use.” Instead, he suggests focusing on checking the seals on the door to prevent leaks and keeping the unit between 36\u00ba and 38\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
\n\n\n\nFirefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter\n
The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it\u2019s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it\u2019s known as \u201cwet water.\u201d\n
\n\n
\n\n\nThere’s a Difference Between Couches and Sofas\n
We use the two terms interchangeably, but coaches and sofas are two distinct things. To help define the difference, look no further than eBay, whose helpful\u00a0selling guide\u00a0helps sellers tell the difference between the two by defining the couch as “a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying” (even though that definition is slightly outdated) and coming from the French word “couche.”\n
Sofas come from the Arabic word “suffah,” referring to a wooden bench covered in cushions and blankets. That’s evolved to mean they are furniture for more formal occasions and seat four or more people, compared to the couch, which seats two to three.\n
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Shoes Were Once Seen as Ways to Fend Off Evil Spirits\n
Europeans once stashed their shoes in walls, chimneys and under floors in an effort to fend off evil spirits. It wasn’t because they smelled bad\u2014the shoes were seen to possess magical charms that served as protection. So many shoes were found in old buildings that the Northampton Museum and Art in the United Kingdom has created a\u00a0Concealed Shoe Index\u00a0to track these discoveries, tracking about 1,900 concealed shoes so far.\n
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That Tiny Pocket on your Blue Jeans \u2026 \u2026 is for your\u00a0pocket watch. Well, maybe not yours, but the cowboys who made blue jeans famous in the 1800s were plumb grateful for it. Typically, watches were carried on chains and worn in waistcoats, but hard field labor made that a lot less practical. Outdoors, the …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[118,40,26,46,6,31,32],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","tag-facts","tag-households","tag-kitchen","tag-life-hacks","tag-life-style","tag-tips","tag-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Most Toilets Flush in E Flat\n
Sharp-eared bathroom users may have noticed that the distinctive sound of a toilet flushing corresponds with the\u00a0E Flat note.\n
\nRefrigerators\n
Jonathan Rees in his book\u00a0Refrigerator\u00a0says that GE only got into the refrigerator business to help boost its electrical utilities division. Many electric companies were offering discounts to customers who got fridges because the fridges need a constant source of electricity.\n
\n\n
\n
If you think all of your refrigerator is one consistent temperature, think again\u2014depending on the model, the amount of chill in the fridge can vary widely. For example, a study conducted by\u00a0CNET found\u00a0temperatures could range in French-door models from 32.8\u00ba to as high as 50.7\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
We Don’t Know Exactly How Microwaves Heat Food\n
You’d think we’d have figured this out before almost every household bought one, but there is some disagreement over how exactly microwave ovens heat food. While the general belief is that particles in the food (especially water) absorb energy from the waves through a process called dielectric heating,\u00a0some scientists\u00a0maintain that it is due to other interactions between the particles that cause the increase in temperature.\n
\n
Showers Use Less Water Than Baths\n
Filling a tub turns out to be more wasteful approach than a quick power shower. A typical bathtub holds\u00a042 gallons of water, a low-flow shower just uses about two gallons of water a minute. So a 10-minute shower will just use about 20 gallons, compared to the (at least) more than 30 gallons to fill a tub most of the way.\n
\n\n\n\nSpaghetti Strainer\n
The hole in a spaghetti strainer actually serves two purposes. Besides allowing water to fall out the bottom when you go into scoop out some noodles, the little hole is a measuring tool you can use prior to cooking the noodles. The hole measures out one full serving of noodles.\n
\n
Peanuts aren\u2019t technically nuts\n
They\u2019re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it\u2019s \u201ca hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.\u201d That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren\u2019t nuts either. They\u2019re seeds\n
\n
Keeping a Refrigerator Full Doesn’t Use Less Energy\n
If you’re trying to save some money on your electricity bill, picking up some extra groceries is not going to do it. While the myth persists that a full fridge uses less energy,\u00a0according to researcher Jacob Talbot of the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “A full refrigerator doesn’t decrease energy use.” Instead, he suggests focusing on checking the seals on the door to prevent leaks and keeping the unit between 36\u00ba and 38\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
\n\n\n\nFirefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter\n
The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it\u2019s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it\u2019s known as \u201cwet water.\u201d\n
\n\n
\n\n\nThere’s a Difference Between Couches and Sofas\n
We use the two terms interchangeably, but coaches and sofas are two distinct things. To help define the difference, look no further than eBay, whose helpful\u00a0selling guide\u00a0helps sellers tell the difference between the two by defining the couch as “a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying” (even though that definition is slightly outdated) and coming from the French word “couche.”\n
Sofas come from the Arabic word “suffah,” referring to a wooden bench covered in cushions and blankets. That’s evolved to mean they are furniture for more formal occasions and seat four or more people, compared to the couch, which seats two to three.\n
\n\n\n\n
Shoes Were Once Seen as Ways to Fend Off Evil Spirits\n
Europeans once stashed their shoes in walls, chimneys and under floors in an effort to fend off evil spirits. It wasn’t because they smelled bad\u2014the shoes were seen to possess magical charms that served as protection. So many shoes were found in old buildings that the Northampton Museum and Art in the United Kingdom has created a\u00a0Concealed Shoe Index\u00a0to track these discoveries, tracking about 1,900 concealed shoes so far.\n
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That Tiny Pocket on your Blue Jeans \u2026 \u2026 is for your\u00a0pocket watch. Well, maybe not yours, but the cowboys who made blue jeans famous in the 1800s were plumb grateful for it. Typically, watches were carried on chains and worn in waistcoats, but hard field labor made that a lot less practical. Outdoors, the …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[118,40,26,46,6,31,32],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","tag-facts","tag-households","tag-kitchen","tag-life-hacks","tag-life-style","tag-tips","tag-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Spaghetti Strainer\n
The hole in a spaghetti strainer actually serves two purposes. Besides allowing water to fall out the bottom when you go into scoop out some noodles, the little hole is a measuring tool you can use prior to cooking the noodles. The hole measures out one full serving of noodles.\n
\n
Peanuts aren\u2019t technically nuts\n
They\u2019re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it\u2019s \u201ca hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.\u201d That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren\u2019t nuts either. They\u2019re seeds\n
\n
Keeping a Refrigerator Full Doesn’t Use Less Energy\n
If you’re trying to save some money on your electricity bill, picking up some extra groceries is not going to do it. While the myth persists that a full fridge uses less energy,\u00a0according to researcher Jacob Talbot of the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “A full refrigerator doesn’t decrease energy use.” Instead, he suggests focusing on checking the seals on the door to prevent leaks and keeping the unit between 36\u00ba and 38\u00ba Fahrenheit.\n
\nFirefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter\n
The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it\u2019s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it\u2019s known as \u201cwet water.\u201d\n
\n\n
There’s a Difference Between Couches and Sofas\n
We use the two terms interchangeably, but coaches and sofas are two distinct things. To help define the difference, look no further than eBay, whose helpful\u00a0selling guide\u00a0helps sellers tell the difference between the two by defining the couch as “a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying” (even though that definition is slightly outdated) and coming from the French word “couche.”\n
Sofas come from the Arabic word “suffah,” referring to a wooden bench covered in cushions and blankets. That’s evolved to mean they are furniture for more formal occasions and seat four or more people, compared to the couch, which seats two to three.\n
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Shoes Were Once Seen as Ways to Fend Off Evil Spirits\n
Europeans once stashed their shoes in walls, chimneys and under floors in an effort to fend off evil spirits. It wasn’t because they smelled bad\u2014the shoes were seen to possess magical charms that served as protection. So many shoes were found in old buildings that the Northampton Museum and Art in the United Kingdom has created a\u00a0Concealed Shoe Index\u00a0to track these discoveries, tracking about 1,900 concealed shoes so far.\n
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That Tiny Pocket on your Blue Jeans \u2026 \u2026 is for your\u00a0pocket watch. Well, maybe not yours, but the cowboys who made blue jeans famous in the 1800s were plumb grateful for it. Typically, watches were carried on chains and worn in waistcoats, but hard field labor made that a lot less practical. Outdoors, the …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[118,40,26,46,6,31,32],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","tag-facts","tag-households","tag-kitchen","tag-life-hacks","tag-life-style","tag-tips","tag-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}