Few people know the history of the pompom on the hat. However, it was not done just so, and in order to protect the head of the French sailors. The thing is that previously, when building ships of very few people worried about comfort, and the ceilings in the rooms of the ship were very low. And here is the POM-POM protect your head from accidental sailor hitting his head on the ceiling.
It took a lot of time since then, and are now doing the ceilings are much higher, however, until the present day hats of French sailors are covered with red POM-poms.published
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