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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPenis on 2023-12-09 05:55:14.

Original Title: TIL that the fez was nearly universal as men’s headwear in the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s. However, the hats were largely made in the Austrian Empire. When Austria annexed Bosnia in 1908, the Ottomans boycotted Austrian goods in protest. The fez’s popularity started to fade.