6 Interesting Facts About T Shirts

1. 6 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT T-SHIRT ORIGIN  OF WORD We use the word T-shirt on a daily basis. But where has it first appeared? 100 years ago the word ”t-shirt” first appeared in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. BIGGEST T-SHIRT Qatar holds the record for the creation of the biggest T- shirt in the whole world. The Qatar Petroleum Company paid to have a shirt that is 72.2m long and 48.7m wide, weighs 6 tons and covers 3,516.25 square meters. WORLD RECORD The Guinness World Record for wearing the most T-shirts at once goes to Sanath Bandara from Sri Lanka. The record is settled at the amazing number of 257 t-shirts worn at once. MOST EXPENSIVE The record for the most expensive t-shirt in the world is held by a French luxury clothing company Hermès. The tshirt costs $91,500 and is made from crocodile leather.  MADE OF  COTTON Most of the tees are made from cotton. As a material : cotton will absorb over 20 times its own weight in water and is stronger wet than dry. LOVE FOR TEES About 62% of Americans claim to own more than ten t- shirts in their wardrobe. That’s roughly 1.5 billion shirts . Line those up end to end, and they’d circle the globe 34 times. crafted by: stupidbench.com