loose shoe

  Paired with a loincloth, the foot-long sandals called urchin shoes were practical for ancient Egyptians to traverse their desert oases. It's not clear when they were first crafted, but the earliest references to them in literature come from Roman philosopher Seneca's influential De Beneficiis around A.D. 60. Citing a Greek source as his source, Seneca wrote that the urchin shoe had been used since "the earliest days of mankind. … [They were] found in the earliest tombs and the earliest monuments." The urchin shoe was a sandal made from cork and covered in leather, but many of its features are similar to a modern-day flip-flop. For example, it has a strap on each side that loops over the toes. However, unlike modern flip-flops, the straps don't have holes for your toes to crawl through. Instead, they are open-ended flaps that cover one toe at a time. In this way, you can walk on a sandy surface without getting stuck in mud or feeling any kind of sand squeeze ...

This trivia blog post is going to be about one of the most common questions asked in the world: "When do shoe stores open?" The answer to this question varies depending on location and area. Sometimes it depends on which type of store it is, other times it depends on what region of the world you live in. For example, if you live in North America, a shoe store might open at 10am EST.   Image source: https://www.newbalance.com/  Or if you're living in Europe, a shoe store might open at 8am CET. As for when people are generally done shopping for shoes? That usually falls between 4pm EST or 5pm CET (depending both on which time zone that person is from and what time they close).   Image source: https://www.footlocker.com/ But generally, around the world, shoe stores open early in the morning and close late in the day. So why are shoe stores open so late? Well, you'll have to read this entire blog post to find out! Besides that, there's a lot of other cool st...