From around 1857 to 1889, a man known only as the Leatherman repeatedly walked a 365-mile loop around the northeastern US. He wore a handmade leather coat, scarf and hat and although he frequently stopped in towns along his route, he never told anyone his name. His identity remains unknown. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea…
Dancer Isadora Duncan was strangled in Nice, France, when the enormous silk scarf she was wearing got tangled in the rear hubcaps of her open car in 1927. clickamericana.com/topics…
At the premiere of the Good Omens TV series, a front row seat was left empty in tribute to Terry Pratchett. His trademark scarf and hat were placed on it, and there was a bag of popcorn- Neil Gaiman said that Terry wanted to sit next to him and eat popcorn if an Omens movie ever happened. radiotimes.com/news/on-de…
Famed dancer Isadora Duncan was killed when her long scarf got caught in a wheel of the car in which she was riding. The scarf got tangled around the wheel which pulled her from the car and broke her neck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
Today I learned of Isadora Duncan Syndrome, the medical term which is death or injury by which neckwear is caught in wheels or other machinery. Isadora Duncan was a popular French dancer who died when her scarf got in the wheel of her car, pulling her out and breaking her neck wikipedia.org/wiki/Isador…
In 1927, dancer Isadora Duncan died, when the silk scarf she was wearing got tangled in the rear axle of the convertible she was riding in, pulling her from the car. One newspaper reported that she had worn the red scarf since she had taken up communism. history.com/this-day-in-h…
When a blonde woman received help when dropping a scarf 20 times, but found that others were much less helpful when wearing a brunette wig: "I was not expecting such a difference. I never realized people treated me so much nicer, being a blonde". wcnc.com/story/news/local…
Erwin Rommel had an affair with a 20-year-old fruit seller that produced a daughter, Gertrud. Rommel stayed in touch with Gertrud throughout his life and she knit him a plaid scarf which is seen in many of his pictures from the African campaign of WW2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal…
Silk scarfs were used by pilots of early aircraft to keep oily smoke from exhaust out of their mouths while flying. Silk Scarfs were worn by pilots of closed cockpit aircraft to prevent chafing; especially fighter pilots, who were constantly turning their heads watching for enemy aircraft. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sca…
Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, died in France when her silk scarf became entangled in the rear axle of the car in which she was a passenger, breaking her neck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
Isadora Duncan, acclaimed dancer and Soviet sympathizer, broke her neck and died when her long scarf became entangled in open spoke carriage wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
Tom Baker's famous scarf in Doctor Who was never the same each episode. Due to wear at least 4 new scarves were used, with the tassels and colours for each changing many times. There was even a special, shorter stunt scarf, later bolted onto the original to form over 30' of scarfy goodness. doctorwhoscarf.com/histor…
The origin of the bowtie is attributed to Croatian mercenaries, who during the Prussian wars of the 17th century, used a scarf around the neck to hold together the opening of their shirts. This was soon adopted by the French upper-class as a fashion statement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow…
A famous dancer from the 1900's died by being strangled with her scarf...being wrapped around a moving car tire...of the car she was driving. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
The iconic Fourth Doctor's multi-colored scarf was knitted by Begonia Pope, a friend of the costume designer for "Doctor Who". She was instructed to knit a scarf for the character and wound up using all of the wool provided. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou…
Isadora Duncan, inventor of American modern dance, died when her scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car she was riding in. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern dance, was killed prematurely when her scarf got caught in the rear hubcap of the car she was a passenger in and strangled her before throwing her from the vehicle. history.com/this-day-in-h…
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