Facts About Sunglasses [0:00:00]
Did you know that in the United States every fourteen seconds somebody sits on, breaks,
or loses a pair of sunglasses?
In today’s video, strange, but interesting facts about sunglasses.
[Music] First up, sunglasses can make you look cool,
mysterious, and even more attractive.
Now, the first part of this research comes out of Nottingham Trent University and what
they discovered is that sunglasses make people look cool because they add a sense of mystery.
Now, out of the University of Nevada, they had a study and what they found is that mystery
equals desire.
So, people wearing sunglasses actually they had more intrigue with them, they actually
came off as more attractive.
Now, I know what some of you guys are thinking, Antonio, I need a lot more than a sense of
mystery to be attractive.
Don’t worry.
Sunglasses also have you covered when it comes to symmetry.
Symmetry is something we naturally look for in another partner or another human being,
we look for a balance in the face.
This tells us they’ve got good genes.
Now, all of us naturally have a bit of asymmetry, that’s when one side is different than the
other.
But, where people look at are the eyes and that helps them determine does this person
actually have more asymmetry, therefore less attractive.
The cool part about sunglasses, they create this symmetrical look and they hide the eyes,
so actually if you’ve got a bit off, these right here are going to make you look more
attractive.
The next strange fact, sunglasses affect how you behave.
You’re actually less generous.
So, this comes out of the University of Toronto.
What they found is they gave $6 to participants.
They said, hey, go ahead and divide this up.
Some of those participants who are wearing sunglasses when they were dividing up the
money, what they found is because they felt more anonymous, they were less likely to be
generous.
So, if you’re asking somebody for a donation, make sure that they take off those sunglasses.
Next up, your sunglasses lens color matters a lot.
Now, brown lenses, they can cause some color distortion, but they also increase contrast.
Gray and green lenses are considered neutral because they maintain true colors.
Amber and yellow lenses are optimum for object definition.
Basically, you’re going to be able to spot things better that’s why these lenses are
incredibly popular with skiers, hunters, boaters, and pilots.
Now, blue and purple lenses are loved by shooters as they can increase the contrast of orange
targets against the green foliage.
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The next interesting fact about sunglasses, they’re older than modern civilization.
Not this pair, but if you and you look at ancient hunting masks, what you’ll find
is they actually had small slits for the eyes.
The reason they did this is if you’re hunting on snow, think of all that glare you can’t
see anything, so you would actually use those slits to only allow in a little bit of light
and then they could actually better see and hunt.
Now, another interesting fat is that sunglasses have been a status symbol for a long time.
Let’s go back to 12th Century China and we will see the smoky lenses made from quartz
actually were used to hide people’s expressions.
So, talk about poker face, but I think they were actually used apparently by judges who
didn’t want people to see actually what they were thinking.
And then, let’s go to ancient Roman times let’s look at the Emperor Nero.
So, he’s wearing these jeweled glasses whenever he’s watching the gladiator fight.
So, when did sunglasses became mainstream?
Who do we have to thank?
An entrepreneur named Sam Foster.
In 1929 after a decade of failure, this guy start selling these sunglasses on the beach,
basically Atlantic City beachgoers started seeing these things picking them up.
Some movie stars apparently saw this started wearing them and all of a sudden, everyone
wants to wear sunglasses because movie stars are wearing sunglasses and that’s when it
started to pick up.
Now, Sam Foster got things going, but this next fact that the Air Force actually created
the first sunglass company is really interesting.
So, in 1936, the Air Force realizing that pilots were flying in these high altitudes
being, you know, that light is just really bad up there, the goggles just are not working,
they need an elegant solution to this.
So, they got Bausch and Lomb this company to go over and start creating the first aviator
sunglasses.
Now, Bausch and Lomb realizes this is an opportunity, so in 1937, they created the company Ray-Ban
to actually be the distributor and the maker of these sunglasses.
So, Ray-Ban invented the aviators, but this next fact who was the first poster boy is
going to be interesting because it wasn’t an aviator, in fact, they didn’t even have
that name until the 1950’s and 60’s though the first poster boy for aviators was a non-aviator.
And, in 1944 when he landed in the Philippines after his famous 1942 I will return speech,
everyone saw these photos all over the world.
That was Gen. Douglas MacArthur whenever he landed and he had those on, everybody wanted
them.
[0:04:57] Next up, 99% of people do not know what polarized
sunglasses actually do.
No, I made that up.
But, what I’m not making up is the early research on polarized sunglasses thought that
it could protect your eyes from the light coming off the blast of a nuclear weapon.
Now, I don’t know what happened to the people looking at those nuclear weapons, but I do
know that if you buy polarized sunglasses nowadays, what you’re going to get is something
that’s going to protect you from glare and that’s what you want.
Glare is light coming from different directions that’s going to distort what you’re looking
at, so if you want to be able to see something directly in front of you better, you want
to go with polarized glasses.
But, if that doesn’t bother you, then I guess you don’t need them.
So, now, the million dollar question, do you need polarized sunglasses?
I think that they’re nice to have.
I wouldn’t maybe pay double for it, but it is something that I like the anti-glare
properties.
Whenever I buy sunglasses, I look for something that’s going to actually function and serve
me well.
Now, are these going to protect me from a nuclear blast or at least the light?
Ah, I’m not going to try testing that, but in most cases I do think it’s worth spending
a little bit extra to get good glasses.
All right, guys, so I know that you learn something new in today’s video.
Let me know down in the comments what you thought of this and go check out the description.
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And, guys, if you want more maybe you’re noticing this shirt and this pocket square
combination you’re like, Antonio, how did you pull that off?
Guys, I’ve got you covered in this video right here, how to always match your pocket
square with your outfit.
I talk about ties, but I also go into the shirts a little bit, I talk about the suits,
I talk about this as a canvas and just to give you a quick tutorial.
This right here what I went for obviously a loud shirt and the pocket square right here,
a very simple white cotton pocket square with the square presidential fold.
This combination works well with the sunglasses.
Not too bad.
I could go out if it wasn’t freezing cold right here in Wisconsin.
Or I could put on a jacket which by the way, I’ve got this video for you right here,
the ultimate guide to finding the right winter jacket for you.
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Take care.
I will see you in
the next video.
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