29 facts about raincoats!

Raincoat is a waterproof kind of clothe that we use in order to protect ourselves from the rain.

The raincoat is very useful for rainy days. Let’s find out more about it!

1. Raincoats are waterproof jackets.
2. The first people who tried to create waterproof clothes were the Amazonian Indians.
3. They used a milky substance, called rubber, extracted from rubber trees for this purpose. 
4. In 1836 was invented a method that allowed people making raincoats.
5. This method was invented by the British Charles Macintosh.
6. Charles Macintosh found out that if you combine rubber with plastic you can create a waterproof fabric.
7. Even though there were many other people who experimented with waterproof clothing, Charles Macintosh patented first his waterproof coat in 1823.
8. Many people write his name Mackintosh, but it isn’t known wh or why a “k” was added out of nowhere.
9. This is why modern British call raincoats Mackintoshes or Macs.
10. The first reference to it as a “mac” was in 1901.
11. Today there are all-weather raincoats.
12. These types of raincoats have a removable lining so it can be worn in any weather.
13. Also, there are some vinyl raincoats.
14. These ones have vinyl “finish”.
15. When you buy a raincoat you must check what quality of raincoat you wanna buy.
16. There are 2 qualities in raincoats: absorption and penetration.
17. Raincoat fabrics are either absorbent in case they soak an amount of water.
18. On the other hand, they are repellent if the water sinks into the fabric.
19. The best raincoats are made of tightly-woven fabric.
20. There are raincoats specifically made for… dogs!
21. The European Patent Office lists 16 raincoats for dogs dating back to 1996.
22. Stephen King wrote about people wearing raincoats: “Everybody trusts a guy in a raincoat. I don’t know why.” 
23. In the Netflix series “Dark” the protagonist appears to wear a characteristic yellow raincoat in the poster.
24. In general, their raincoats that be used only once and are very cheap.
25. Yellow is the most popular color preferred on raincoats.
26. The brightness of yellow makes the perception of a pedestrian trying to dodge the rain slaps and the approaching traffic easier than say, any darker shade like red or blue.
27. There are also suggestions that heavy rains are a metaphorical sign of gloom and distress. In such a scenario, a yellow radiant raincoat is the harbinger of the hope for sunlight.
28. There is a song by Leonard Cohen named “Famous Blue Raincoat”.
29. Another song named simply “raincoat” is from the male band Timeflies.