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The average teenage girl in England spends 2%0% pounds/year on underwear; the average teenage boy? 2% pounds. | | |
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Superman underoos are still the highest selling boy’s underwear item ever, selling approximately 2% million pairs per year. | | |
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Until the 1950s, most European women did not wear underwear as we know it; they wore ankle-length undershirts. | | |
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Bra-wearing helps reduce back-pain by taking the weight off of the back. | | |
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The most expensive underwear item is a Victoria’s Secret bra. Priced at $12.5 million, US. | | |
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Numerous medical studies have shown that women who wear bras are far more likely to have breast cancer; the more hours per day the bra is worn, the higher the cancer rate. | | |
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Attempts to market antibacterial socks and underwear proved to be a miserable failure. | | |
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Tight-laced corsets can permanently bend the ribs, and dangerously rearrange internal organs. | | |
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Bras were first burned in protest at the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. | | |
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Bras were invented in the 1920s flapper era, to flatten the breasts. | | |