stackyFACTSBefore high heels were a fashion statement, ancient performers strapped giant cork blocks to their feet purely to emphasize their importance on stage. If you played a major character, your shoes were simply thicker than everyone else's.
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Wearing plastic spikes is brilliant for digging into grass and moving sharply, but wearing them on a hard surface is a disaster. It turns the wearer into an…
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A very vocal subset of runners decided that throwing away comfortable cushions and striking the pavement with bare skin is the only pure way to move. They…
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Because there is nothing holding the shoe to your heel, you are forced to scrunch your toes with every single step just to keep them on. This turns a totally…
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The peace-loving, flower-power symbol of the 1960s hippie movement has a remarkably dark origin story. The 'People's Car' (Volkswagen) was aggressively…
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Renting a battery-powered plank is incredibly convenient until the trip ends. Instead of parking them properly, users frequently hurl these heavy rentals into…
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Pushing your own cereal box two feet forward is clearly exhausting, so we designed heavy rubber belts with optical sensors to do the tedious lifting at the…
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