Ten Things You Might Not Know About Sweaters-- Part 1: Assassination Attempts and Cardigans

From the December 25, 2015, Chicago Tribune  by Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer.

In this time of Ugliest Christmas Sweaters.

1.  Sweaters keep out the cold, but also might save your life.  In 1978, during the COLD WAR, an assassination attempt on Bulgarian defector Vladimir Kostov, a former state radio editor who lived in Paris was thwarted when a poison dart failed to penetrate his thick woolen sweater.

2.  JAMES THOMAS BRUDENELL was the British officer who led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. he is also remembered as the man whose subordinates wore a distinctive type of knitted clothing to ward off Crimea's chilly weather.  The garment was ultimately named for Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan.

Warm Me Up.  --Cootsweater