Textiles

From expressing ourselves through fashion to protecting ourselves from the elements, textiles seem to be self-evidently significant to the human experience. But it's our goal on Tangents to always poke holes in the obvious, tear through distraction, and weave humor with knowledge - and the facts this episode will blow your cotton-poly blend socks off.
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[Truth or Fail Express]
Fabric shoe sole tariff
nytimes.com/2018/11/23/business/economy/columb…
bbc.com/news/business-45875405
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-why-your…
Water-soluble fiber to prove original Finnish textile
perniaspopupshop.com/encyclopedia/karnataka/my…
ksicsilk.com/Home/About
news.mit.edu/2023/fiber-barcodes-can-make-clot…
Wool Acts: burial shroud requirements
atlasobscura.com/articles/england-wool-burial-…
nursingclio.org/2020/05/21/weaving-wool-into-d…
hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/?view=article&am…
[Trivia Question]
“Cappers Act” of 1571 in England required males to wear woolen caps
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81552
independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-b…
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124661/cap/cap-unk…
[Fact Off]
Indigenous Aymara weavers and pediatric cardiologists co-created a medical textile for congenital heart defects
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract…
edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/16…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10329454
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3379209
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470160/#
hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and…
ted.com/talks/franz_freudenthal_a_new_way_to_h…
Creating experimental antimicrobial underwear for astronauts or space laundry machines
livescience.com/astronauts-shared-underwear-up…
cnet.com/science/astronauts-share-spacesuit-un…
phys.org/news/2021-05-spacesuit-underwear.html
npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/07/space_age_…
iflscience.com/space-laundry-how-will-astronau…
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-teams-tide-…
apnews.com/article/laundry-wash-clothes-space-…
[Ask the Science Couch]
History of knitting machines
invention.si.edu/knitting-stockings-machine
nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/people/frameworkkn…
Crochet vs. knit stitches
youtube.com/watch?v=jecATRwHQP8
akaspar.pages.cba.mit.edu/textiles-recitation/…
Crocheting hyperbolic space models
ams.org/publicoutreach/math-imagery/taimina
cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/wertheim_henders…
theiff.org/oexhibits/oe1e.html
[Butt One More Thing]
Art project that extracted cellulose from cow manure to make a semi-synthetic fabric
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813…
huffpost.com/entry/poop-clothing_n_58e7d6f0e4b…
jalilaessaidi.com/cowmanure
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