Fewer, it is likely, will know why wearing a robe and an unusual hat is a symbol of having finished ... with many more people pursuing higher education, having to wear a cap, gown and hood can ...

When the first official Olympic mascot—a rainbow-hued dachshund named Waldi—debuted at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, Germany, it became a popular symbol of both the international event and ...

Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. The dunce cap has long been a visual symbol of idiocy and punishment but was once seen as something closer to a wizard’s hat. While today ...

The Phrygian cap became a distinctive symbol of the uprising lower classes, much like the wide pants that earned them the nickname sans-culottes (culottes were pants worn with silk stockings, typical ...

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