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5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins. Since the day man first realized he could cover his butt with the skins of lesser beasts, he's been torn between purely utilitarian clothing and looking cuter than Ugg, that cocky jerk caveman down the path.

5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins

It seems like fashion trends these days are nothing but pointless peacocking, but you might be surprised to find out that many of them arose from a very genuine need. Meet the rebellious and emotionally damaged offspring of aesthetic and function ... #5. High Heels Comstock Images/Comstock/Getty Images Even the most stylish woman will admit that high heels are a pain. Komonews.comProfessor Emeritass, Booty Studies, Oxford University. But Originally ... High heels weren't even created for ladies. "The high heel was worn for centuries throughout the Near East as a form of riding footwear," according to Elizabeth Semmelhack from Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum.

Bata Shoe MuseumAnd look fabulous while doing so. #4. Photos.com Photos.com"Hope these clouds clear up. Rfi.fr"I'll keep the hat. 25 Amazing Life Hacks You Won't Believe You Didn't Know. 5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome. You might know that the main way our body regulates its biological clock (and circadian rhythm) is through light.

5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome

So when your brain is detecting light, it has your body behave as it should in the daytime (higher energy, greater strength, more bowel movements, etc.), and when the brain notices that the environment is dark after an extended period of brightness, then it imagines you're about to go to sleep, and it releases hormones (like melatonin) that make you sleepy. What you might not have known is that scientists recently found a second clock, and instead of depending on light, this one is food-based. The food-clock desires this. Imagine you're a predator out hunting for food (and Jesse Ventura), but all the regular animals you would eat are nowhere to be found.

You spend the entire day looking for food and find nothing. Photos.comThe slaying of pizza rolls has set countless new biological mornings. 5 Basic Facts of Life (Were Made Up by Marketing Campaigns) Nobody is naive enough to think that advertising doesn't change us.

5 Basic Facts of Life (Were Made Up by Marketing Campaigns)

Ads, after all, convinced the world that the "coffee break" was a thing and that Rudolph was a traditional Christmas character. But no matter how cynical you think you are about the influence of advertising on things we consider traditions, it's always surprising how far it goes. Did you know that advertisers are responsible for ... #5. Giving Us the Concept of Body Odor Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images Unless you happen to be a middle-school-aged boy, applying antiperspirant/deodorant is an ingrained, reflexive part of your morning routine. Europa Press via GettyOr McConaughey. But It Actually Came From ... The concept of using chemicals to plug up your armpit's sweat-holes goes all the way back to ... the early 20th century.

Before that, shockingly, sweating was considered simply a thing that humans did. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images "It smells like a baboon's rancid taint in here. 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! - Imeimei. 33 Meticulous Cleaning Tricks For The OCD Person Inside You. 16 Ways to Exploit Cheat Codes You Didn't Know Your Body Had Slideshow. 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects.

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World. Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier.

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World

These low-budget tips and trick can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach you something (e.g., tie a full Windsor) that you simply did not know before. Most of these came from a great post on tumblr. There is also a great subreddit ‘r/lifehacks‘ with some fantastic tips as well. 20. Separate egg yolks like a boss 40. Sources – muxedo task: 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! 27 Life Hacks Every Girl Should Know About.