{"id":1522,"date":"2011-06-21T22:53:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:53:36","slug":"20-things-you-never-knew-about-t-shirts-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/offbeat\/20-things-you-never-knew-about-t-shirts-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Things You Never Knew About T-shirts [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Update 2\/15\/2016: Inspired by this infographic, we&#8217;ve written a more in-depth post covering 55 facts you probably never knew about t-shirts that you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/articles\/55-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-t-shirts\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Infographics have easily become one of my favorite things on the Internet. When done right, they can be an effective and elegant way to display a set of information. In our previous infographic posts, you&#8217;ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/design\/the-t-shirt-lifecycle-infographic\/\">The T-Shirt Lifecycle<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/design\/what-your-band-t-shirt-says-about-you-infographic\/\">What Your Band T-Shirt Says About You<\/a>. This latest infographic finds beautifully shares 20 interesting facts about t-shirts that you might not have known.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classb.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.classb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20-things-t-shirts-infographic-600px.png\" alt=\"20 Things You Never Knew About T-shirts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classb.com\/20things\/\">ClassB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Update 2\/15\/2016: Inspired by this infographic, we&#8217;ve written a more in-depth post covering 55 facts you probably never knew about t-shirts that you can read here.) 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