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Small button on jeans has little-known use – and so does number on Heinz bottles

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Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherHave you ever wondered why jeans have tiny bits of metal by the pockets?The little things, which resemble small buttons, are actually called rivets.And while you might think it's just for decoration – that's where you're wrong.Rivets are normally located around the front and back pockets on jeans which have a specific purpose.These little things were made by pressing or hammering a "washer" or "disk" onto a mental stud through the denim.The use of the rivets goes back to 1872 and its existence is all because of Nevada based tailor Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss & Co.Davis had been buying fabric from the company to create clothing for miners and adding copper rivets.

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