27 Wild Facts About SHOES

SUBSCRIBE!: http://bit.ly/1G97GmA
SHARE THIS VIDEO: https://youtu.be/h3XRe5IUSc4

I have them, you have them, and if you’re like all of my girlfriends (only one at a time for clarification) have way way too many… and no its not teddy bears with hearts on their torso’s named little love muffin stuffin. I’m talking about SHOES!

So today I present to you! The top wild facts on shoes!

1) Guys wore high heels first!

2) The Nike swoosh was designed by an Portland State Student for $35. She was later given stock now worth more than $640,000

3) The most expensive shoes ever sold were Dorothy’s iconic ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz.

4) It wasn’t until 1818 that the right shoe was invented!

5) Clogs were invented to wade through the wet mashes of the area as leather shoes would get wet and were ruined easily.

6) The first Time Michael Jordan saw the Black and Red Jordan 1s he said “I can’t wear those shoes, those are the Devil colors”

7) New Balance got its name from its founder William J Riley who observed how chickens in his backyard stood perfectly balanced on a three pronged foot which resembled the structure the arch support in his shoes

8) Reebok means the word for a light grey south African gazelle.

9) Reebok made bacon for paleo dieters with the slogan “we believe in bacon”

10) Bill Nye The Science Guy designed a ballet shoe to help protect the feet of ballet dances from injury.

11) The iconic Havaianas flip flop has a texture pattern resembling that of rice because it was inspired by the Zori, a Japanese sandal made of fabric straps and rice straw soles.

12) Dr Martens were originally created as a practical working men’s shoe.

13) PhD Suzanne Ferriss explains women’s need to buy shoes as it triggers the brains prefrontal cotrtex called the “collecting spot” which makes women preview shoes as a collectors item as opposed to a utility.

14) The idea that larger feet has a correlation to any other endowment on your body was proven false by the University College London that proofed small feet does not equal small manhoof.

15) A team of Swedish epidemiologist, people who study patterns and health found that those with extremely large and small feet didn’t live as long as those with average sized feet

16) Shoe size can also predict a growth spurt.

17) The biggest shoe size in history also goes to the tallest man in history Robert Wadlow who was 8 foot 11inches tall (2.72 Meters) wore a size 36.5 shoe *UK size 36, Euro 71). His feet were 17 in (47cm) long!

18) The largest shoe is measured at 17 feet long and 8 feet wide.

19) Chuck Taylor was a professional basketball player and shoes salesman. His name was added to the shoe in 1932

20) Chuck Taylors are the number one selling basketball shoe of all time.

21) Shoe models wear a size 5 or 6 for womens and 8 or 9 for mens shoes.

22) In Japan footwear is never worn inside. You take your shoes off and then wear slippers inside called uwabaki.

23) In Hungary, the motherland, the groom drinks a toast to the bride out of her wedding shoe

24) In China the brides shoes is tossed from a roof, it must be red which gives the couple good luck

25) there is no snake in your boots, because they are floating in outer space! When Niel Armstrong too the first walk on the moon the boots he did it in were discarded into space before coming back to Earth for fear of contamination

26). Adolf or Adi Dassler named his company after himself ADIDAS, while Rudolf did that same creating Ruda which eventually became PUMA.

27) One of the original founders of Nike, Phil Knight wanted the company to be called “Dimension 6” but instead the name Nike named after the Greek goddess of victory.


Follow Nickipedia
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nickuhas
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nickuhas
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/uhasbrand

Production Team:
Producer: Nick Uhas
Writer: Sean Stanley
Editor: Griffin Louis
DP: Sam Mosco


Sources
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-fraser-and-pat-johnson/the-bata-shoe-museum-in-t_b_8091616.html
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=141906
http://www.lifebuzz.com/shoe-facts/
http://www.whowhatwear.com/fun-facts-shoes/slide7
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11935365/What-does-your-shoe-size-say-about-you.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-shoes-idUSN0632859720070910
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-facts-about-the-history-shoes.html
http://biggeststuff.com/biggest-feet-in-the-world/
http://narrative.ly/secret-life-of-a-shoe-model/
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2089859_2089888_2089889,00.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-nike-facts-about-its-50th-anniversary-2014-11