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“Not even a close tie” is what we’d say when comparing the popularity of neckties in the ‘90s to today. Because — save for weddings, funerals, and the occasional job interview — no one’s really wearing them anymore, per The New Yorker.

Even before the pandemic expanded “business casual” to mean slippers and pajama pants off-screen during Zoom calls, neckties were already getting thrown to the back of the closet. Tie sales in the US fell to $677.7m annually in 2008, down from a peak of $1.3B in 1995.

As of 2023, most American workers are keeping it casual, with 41% saying their typical work attire is business casual and 31% saying they stick to casual street clothes, according to a Gallup survey. And that changes more than the dress code on our happy hour invites — it’s informing how retailers develop and market products for the American consumer.

Bathroom break: You are getting sleepy… very sleepy — at the urinal, apparently. Or at least that’s what Eric Page of Sarasota, Florida, thought when he patented a “forehead support apparatus” for urinals in 2004. The compressible headrest would let a visitor “restfully lean” his forehead against the wall while relieving himself. Why, you might ask, would anyone willingly press their face against the wall of a public bathroom? Well, because: “Those who are tired and weary and find themselves in need of using a urinal or a commode may find the time required to stand in an upright position excessively long and burdensome.”

📚 On this day: In 1995, Amazon launched as an online bookseller. Founder Jeff Bezos initially named the service “Cadabra” (short for “abracadabra”) but renamed it after someone misheard it as “cadaver.”

🗾 That’s cool: A trove of old maps.

🎥 That’s interesting: An oral history of Catwoman, the disastrous Halle Berry action flick.

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