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Satan Shoes and Bright Red Heels: 16 Fabulous Footwear Facts

December 10, 2021

Shoes! Shoes! Glorious shoes! Shoes protect us from the agony of da-feet. There was an old lady who lived in a shoe, her husband was a heel so she socked him. Here's 16 fancy footwear facts for your sole amusement. These will give you a toe-hold in your next shoe-based converse-ation.

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM THE OLDEST PAIR OF SHOES EVER DISCOVERED BELONGED TO OTZI THE ICEMAN. HE LIVED OVER 5300 YEARS AGO, AND WAS PRESERVED BY FREEZING IN A GLACIER. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM HIGH HEELED SHOES WERE FIRST WORN BY MEN, TO HELP WITH RIDING HORSES. Persian riding shoe HEELS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE DATE BACK TO THE PERSIAN EMPIRE IN THE 10TH CENTURY. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM THE FIRST KNOWN PLATFORM SHOES WERE CALLED COTHORNOS AND WORN BY GREEK TRAGIC ACTORS. THE TALLER THE SHOE, THE MORE DISTINGUISHED THE PERFORMER. — Source

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CRACKED.COM SHOE STORIES OVERSHOES WITH EXTREMELY HIGH PLATFORMS, CALLED CHOPINES, WERE POPULAR WITH SPANISH WOMEN IN THE 1500s. FIRST ASSOCIATED WITH SEX WORKERS, THEN ADOPTED BY NOBILITY, THEY COULD BE 20 INCHES TALL! — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM FRENCH KING LOUIS XIV USED RED HIGH HEELS AS A STATUS SYMBOL. IN HIS COURT, ONLY NOBLES IN FAVOR WITH THE KING WERE ALLOWED TO WEAR RED HIGH HEELS. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM THE WORD SABOTAGE COMES FROM SABOT, THE FRENCH WORD FOR WOODEN CLOG SHOES. SABOTS WERE CLUMSY TO WEAR, AND SABOTAGE MEANT WORKING SLOWLY AND CLUMSILY ON PURPOSE. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM SHOES DESIGNED FOR LEFT AND RIGHT FEET DIDN'T GET POPULAR IN AMERICA UNTIL THE MID 1800s. BEFORE THAT, MOST SHOES WORN IN THE USA WERE STRAIGHTS. SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINED THAT THE NEW SHOES LOOKED CROOKED. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM SNEAKERS GOT NAMED IN THE 1800s AS SNEAKS. CONVERSE ALL STAR سمد THE RUBBER-SOLED SNEAKS LET PEOPLE WALK QUIETLY, UNLIKE ALL OTHER SHOES AND BOOTS OF THE TIME. — Source

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Shoes make the irrational moneybags

The most expensive shoes in the world are Dorothy's red slippers from The Wizard of Oz. Valued at $6 million, they are the world's most valuable piece of pop culture memorabilia. — Source

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Lil Nas X

SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM LIL NAS X WAS SUED BY NIKE FOR HELPING RESELL THEIR SHOES AS SATAN SHOES WITH ADDED DROPS OF HUMAN BLOOD. 17666 NIKE PREVIOUSLY PUT OUT A CONVERSE WITH A PENTAGRAM, WHICH SOME CHRISTIAN GROUPS CALLED SATANIC. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SNEAKER COLLECTION IS WORTH OVER $1 MILLION, OWNED BY MARK 'MAYOR' FARESE. HE HAS OVER 3600 PAIRS, INCLUDING MANY STRANGE DESIGNS - LIKE NIKES MADE WITH CROCODILE SKIN. — Source

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Shoes

SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM THE WORLD'S LARGEST HIGH-HEELED SHOE IS OVER NINE FEET TALL. IT WAS MADE IN 2019 BY TUNISIA'S DIDO FASHION CLUB, TO PROMOTE LOCAL SHOEMAKING INDUSTRY. — Source

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SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM IN 1997, MICHAEL JORDAN LED THE CHICAGO BULLS TO A GAME FIVE WIN IN THE NBA FINALS, WITH THE FLU. AFTER THE GAME HE GAVE THE AIR JORDANS HE WAS WEARING TO THE BALLBOY, WHO SOLD THEM ON EBAY FOR $104,765. — Source

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Lotus Shoes

SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM BINDING WOMEN'S FEET TO KEEP THEM SMALL WAS POPULAR IN CHINA FOR CENTURIES. THE IDEAL FOOT LENGTH WAS ABOUT 4 INCHES. SHOES MADE FOR THESE TINY FEET WERE CALLED LOTUS SHOES. — Source

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Shoe Size

CRACKED.COM SHOE STORIES SHOE SIZES ARE INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED. A MAN'S FOOT 10.5 INCHES LONG IS CONSIDERED TO BE: SIZE 9 IN AUSTRALIA SIZE 9.5 IN THE USA SIZE 10 IN MEXICO SIZE 27.5 IN JAPAN SIZE 43.5 IN EUROPE SIZE 44 IN CHINA SIZE 267 IN KOREA — Source

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Shoe Size

SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM MOST PEOPLE'S FEET ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE. WITH AN IDENTICAL PAIR OF SHOES, ONE FOOT WILL USUALLY FEEL A LITTLE LESS COMFORTABLE THAN THAN THE OTHER. — Source

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