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The first baseball cap was invented to hide panic under the sun.

✗ FAKE
Baseball caps evolved in the mid-19th century, and a version was worn by the Brooklyn Excelsiors in 1860. The brim shades eyes from the Sun. The panic claim is a joke.

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