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...
Footnote – 1933: Surgeons Take Table Fork from Girl’s Stomach Published on July 14, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits It seems nearly impossible but a girl in 1933 swallowed a full-size table fork. Surgery would be needed...Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1928: Ford Car Mysteriously Receives Telegraph Signals Published on July 10, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1928, a Ford car was reported to have received telegraph signals. The engine of the car was off.Click to Read More...
A Blind Eye – Helen Vasco – Podcast #151 Published on June 28, 2021 Posted in: Forgotten History, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine In 1933, Helen Vasko was diagnosed with a malignant eye tumor that threatened her life. Her parents would not consent to surgery and the case ended up in court. Find out which side won this landmark case.Click to Read More...
The St. Louis Diphtheria Tragedy – Podcast #147 Published on March 26, 2021 Posted in: Death and Murder, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine The diphtheria vaccine saved many lives until children in St. Louis started dying from it back in 1901. One could say that it was all the fault of a horse named Jim.Click to Read More...