Monday, May 18, 2009

Today's wierd fact


It is reputed that when John Hetherington – inventor of the top hat – first wore his creation in London, it caused a riot in which a child’s arm was broken.
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Heatherington was prosecuted for his hat crime on the grounds that the design was ‘calculated to frighten timid people’
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Courtesy of The Metro

7 comments:

  1. Ah very interesting That hats could have been so intimidating FUnny

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  2. weird but ever so interesting as well.......

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  3. Hmmm very interesting indeed and also very wierd I do like this little piece of trivia though thanks Keith

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  4. I suppose they be-hatted him for his crime. Maybe Jon Wilkes Booth did not like old Abe's stove pipe hat. I just took that hat off my shopping list.
    Old Grizz

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  5. huh??? but, his fashion item surely took off...

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  6. Did he get it from the mad hatter?!

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  7. Lies lies lies.........

    Yeah Right!
    It's what is under it that frightens ya!

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