1943: Horn Honks If Cab Exceeds 35 MPH (Footnote) Published on July 20, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine A solution to speeding taxicabs: exceed the 35-mph speed limit and the horn would blow all the way back to the garage. And wake up the entire neighborhood at the same time.Click to Read More...
1949: Nose Knows A Good Thing (Footnote) Published on May 10, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits John D. Bidegain lost his nose and was challenged by a manager to make a new one. And that was exactly what he did.Click to Read More...
Man Sells Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans (1937) Published on April 25, 2023 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Arthur Dean Lindsay not only sold the oceans, but he also claimed ownership of everything in the sky above him. And he had the legal documents to prove it.Click to Read More...
Rocks Taste Good to Girl (1958) Published on April 14, 2023 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A ten-year-old girl was taken to the hospital because she had pneumonia. Doctors soon learned that she had swallowed 200 rocks.Click to Read More...
1927: Every Kiss Takes 3 Minutes From Lovers’ Life Span (Footnote) Published on February 17, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Science, Technology & Medicine Can kissing really shorten one's life? That's what students at Western State College concluded.Click to Read More...
1962: Come On, Baby, Don’t Do the Twist! (Footnote) Published on February 9, 2023 Posted in: Entertainment, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine The American Medical Association warned that anyone who was over 40 should avoid doing the Twist, the latest dance craze.Click to Read More...
1950 – Dentist Pulls Tooth, Patient Jumps Out Window (Footnote) Published on January 31, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine James Wheatley had his tooth pulled and had a strange reaction to the anesthesia: he jumped out the window!Click to Read More...
1938 – Fishing Trip Accidents Send Family to Hospital (Footnote) Published on January 21, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine The Mowrar family should have never gone fishing. All went home with significant injuries to their right hands or arms.Click to Read More...
1948 – New Pill Bans That Fear of Trip to Dentist (Footnote) Published on August 22, 2022 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine Drs. Milton Levine and Robert Hoyt introduced a pill that would take the fear out of going to the dentist. It probably wasn't as safe as they originally thought.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1927: Fly Swatter Used To Lose Weight Published on June 3, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Springfield, MA was experiencing a big run on fly swatters because women were using them to swat away their excess weight.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1949: 14 Tonsils Taken In Family Surgery Published on February 22, 2022 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Mr. & Mrs. Lester Backer decided to have the tonsils removed from all seven of their children at the same time...Click to Read More...
Becomes Doctor after 45 Years Published on January 7, 2022 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits They say it's never too late to pursue one's dreams. Find out why it took August S. Claus so long to get his medical degree.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1947: Lazy Man Makes Tough Job Simple Published on October 8, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Clarence E. Bleicher, president of the Chrysler Corp.'s De Soto division, told the US Senate's Labor Commission how he solves tough jobs at his plant.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1914: Speaking English Deforms the Mouth Published on September 18, 2021 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1914, Lord Ashbourne described to an audience how the speaking of English deformed the human jaw.Click to Read More...
5 Records for Admittance to Dance Published on July 21, 2021 Posted in: Forgotten History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A dance being held at the Urban Room in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh had an unusual admittance price: 5 phonograph records.Click to Read More...