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Denim was invented when someone tried to make pants out of stubbornness. It still refuses to die.

✗ FAKE
Denim originated in the textile trade, with the fabric associated with Nimes, France, and later popularized as workwear by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in the 1870s. It was not made out of stubbornness.

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