- An ancient mummy in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, in Italy, sports two earrings on the same earlobe — apparently starting this trend quite a while ago.
- Some Etruscan earrings in about the 5th century B.C. had special compartments for perfume.
- In ancient Rome, the amount of gold that could be worn — or buried along with the dead — was fixed by law.
- When earrings fell largely out of use in Europe in the 1840s and 1850s (due primarily to a change in hairstyles that entirely covered the ears), women with pierced ears who didn't want the holes to close took to wearing simple earrings, known as "sleepers," to bed at night.
- Pearls, unlike gemstones or precious metals, consist of organic material and can be expected to last for only about 300 years or so before decaying — which may not be a problem for you, but your great-great-great-great-etc.-grandchildren could be in for a surprise!
- Pierced ears became so unfashionable in the 1950s that they were viewed as "socially improper" for the chic woman.
Adapted: Earrings-Earrings-Earrings.com <http://www.earrings-earrings-earrings.com/fascinating_facts.htm >
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