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The oldest known knitted socks, from Egypt, are about 1,500 years old and have a split for the big toe.
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The oldest known knitted socks, from Egypt, are about 1,500 years old and have a split for the big toe.
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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
sheepc. 11,000 yrs ago
woolc. 6,000 yrs ago
socksdate unknown