→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: Few items of fictional clothing are more iconic and easily recognisable as the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz. Thanks to a combination of human error, poor record keeping and a sticky fingered ne’er-do-well, these simple pieces of footwear are now considered one of the most valuable film props in history. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/09/story-dorothys-ruby-slippers/ Sources: http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-20/entertainment/ca-2388_1_ruby-slipper http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/02/wizard-of-oz-ruby-slippers-new-home-movie-academy.html http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/14/wizard-of-oz-dorothy-stolen-ruby-slippers-1m-reward http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/07/million-dollar-reward-stolen-ruby-slippers http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/for-those-ruby-red-slippers-theres-no-place-like-home-130170740/?no-ist http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-05/news/vw-130_1_ruby-slippers http://www.beyondtherainbow2oz.com/slipperstory.html https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZZSz3ThOv9gC&pg=PA156&dq=Ruby+Slippers+Kent+Warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAGoVChMIwpK-ocXTxwIV7QjbCh3E2ACy#v=onepage&q=Ruby%20Slippers%20Kent%20Warner&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lqRZAAAAYAAJ&q=Ruby+Slippers+Kent+Warner&dq=Ruby+Slippers+Kent+Warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwA2oVChMIwp