We’ve already shared the slightly manky history behind the V-shape under your sweater’s collar. Though most modern versions of the design are “fake,” the original “v-notch” used to stretch over football players’ helmets and also absorbed some of their sweat (oh!).

But what about the teeny-tiny (and slightly useless) pocket at the front of your jeans? Does that do anything at all?

For some reason, everyone in my school got it into their heads that that was for condoms. A quick online search proves that we’re not alone, but we were very wrong.

So what’s really going on?

It was originally for watches

According to Encyclopedia Brittanica’s site, the pocket isn’t just timeless – it was originally created by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis to hold watches.

Though their jeans were patent

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