Garments, and the way in which they are worn and the material they are made from
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Is a woman who dresses sexually suggestively more likely to get raped?
There was a recent controversy about a police officer who is reported to have suggested:
Women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a “slut.”
If we leave out the derogatory word and focus on the substance of the claim, is there any…
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Antistatic bracelet without a ground connection
Last winter in Japan, some of my friends were buying bracelets like this, that claim to prevent or reduce static shocks:
Here is an advertisement picture describing how it is supposed to be used, please note that unlike ground bracelets, it is not…
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Do school uniforms improve student behavior?
Many of the advocates of school uniforms claim that uniforms for students in K-12 reduce behavior problems such as bullying.
What evidence exists to support or contradict these claims?
For example, it's fair to say that students are less likely to…
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Did Wild West outlaws regularly wear face masks?
An article ("Westerners used to wear masks" by Andrew Gulliford, June 13, 2020) in The Journal of Cortez, Colorado, claims that it was a regular practice of bandits in the "Wild West" to wear facemasks while committing robberies. It claims:
Because…
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Can this dress change colour dynamically?
This news site features a video of a dress changing colours via an iPad app. The news site says:
Sydney designers Showpo posted a video to YouTube showing off their new ‘colour changing’ dress, and the woman modelling it nearly can’t control…
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Is this "Remove child before washing" clothes label real?
The image below went somewhat viral:
It shows a clothes label with the text "Remove child before washing".
Is this an actual clothes label of an actual commercially available piece of clothing? Or is it a joke — either through digital photo…
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Does wearing summer clothing during the winter increase your tolerance to the cold?
My dad could tolerate long periods of time outside during the winter while wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He told me he started wearing warmer-weather clothing during the winter, and eventually his body simply adapted.
Is this possible, and if so,…
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Do vertical stripes make you look thinner?
It is perceived wisdom that vertical stripes on clothing make a person look thinner and horizontal stripes make them look fatter.
Has any research been done into these optical illusions that support either of the claims?
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Was wearing trousers very low (sagging) invented in prison to show sexual availability?
I have seen several times people posting on Facebook about the history of wearing very low trousers.
They claim that it was invented in U.S prisons. Apparently by showing a little bit of their butts inmates were letting know other inmates that they…
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Is sun protection clothing a real alternative to sunscreen?
I was reluctantly dragged along to do clothes shopping in Singapore today and all over the place they advertised clothing that has supposedly been coated with some form of UV protection. As far as I'm aware Singapore doesn't have the European-style…
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Are people unable to go to school because they can't afford uniforms?
In the middle of a blog post on human trafficking, it's claimed:
Another way to be involved with this issue is to help prevent boys and
girls from being trafficked in the first place. Many of the
trafficked children come from and through the…
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Are animals skinned alive or dead for their pelt?
An animal rights activist friend of mine recently went on a rant about how fur should be illegal.
One of her main arguments was that all animals suffered greatly during the fur removing process as they were not killed before this process.
Some…
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Can you put a gag in someone's mouth to prevent them from talking?
I don't get this, I see it on crime TV programs a lot, they stuff a cloth in the mouth of someone so they can't scream/shout for help.
I put a sock in my mouth once, it was pretty easy to push it out with my tongue, gg.
So is this nonsense? I can't…
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Are women in burqas never strip-searched by the TSA?
An article falsely attributed to Jeff Foxworthy has been doing the rounds:
US Message Board
The Political Insider
Truth of Fiction
Above Top Secret
It makes various claims and one of the claims are is that women in burqa are not strip searched out…
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Does genital-electrocution of animals cause immediate death?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) claim that fur-farms use genital electrocution techniques to kill animals without damaging the fur:
Animals have clamps attached to or rods forced into their mouths and
anuses, and they are…
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