Eli5: Why do shoes have half sizes, rather than double the amount of whole sizes?

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Especially cause shoe sizes aren’t really universal anyway, making the half sizes even less meaningful. Why?

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Because they used to only do whole sizes before companies figured out that there’s need for more resolution. Starting a new standard is a whole lot harder than just writing ½ at the end of the size designator.

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