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How are custom-made shoes crafted?
Learn how customized shoes are made.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Know about the oldest-known leather shoe, the Areni-1 shoe about 3,500 years, discovered in Areni-1 cave in southern Armenia
The oldest-known leather shoe, dated about 3,500 bce,...
Video: University College Cork, Ireland (
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Understand the science on how shoelace knots help scientists understand complex knots like DNA
Learn how shoelace knots come undone.
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (
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Indigenous peoples of the Northeast culture area decorated their moccasins with quillwork...
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