Idea Wasn’t a Bust Published on August 24, 2019 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits It was reported on August 13, 1949 that engineer turned fashion designer Charles Langs was having a problem meeting demand for his new product that he named “The Posies.”Click to Read More...
Suits Made from Paper Published on August 17, 2019 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1920, Great Britain was importing men's suits that were made of paper.Click to Read More...
First Tire to Cross the Pacific? Published on June 27, 2019 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon were the first aviators to fly non-stop across the Pacific. Their Firestone tire was found a short distance away.Click to Read More...
An Incredible Life of Learning Published on March 27, 2019 Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine The wonderful story of a man who started his career as a soda jerk in a pharmacy and ultimately made his way to be appointed as the Interim Dean at the Albany College of Pharmacy. Click to Read More...
That’s My Parking Spot! Published on October 5, 2018 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A story from 1961 about how hard it can be to find a parking spot for your car in Kansas City.Click to Read More...
Kept Alive by Pumping Arms Published on August 21, 2018 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1927, 18-year old Walter L. Boothe was kept alive for sixteen days by his friends who constantly pumped his arms up and down.Click to Read More...
Self-Service Gasoline Published on July 26, 2018 Posted in: Money & Financial, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Opposition to self-service gasoline stations was very high in the 1940s and '50s. Today, only New Jersey has a total ban on them.Click to Read More...
Rubber Hose Cures Hiccups Published on June 28, 2018 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A team of doctors determined that hiccups could be cured by sticking a flexible rubber tube up a patient's nose and stimulating the nerve endings of the pharynx.Click to Read More...
More Intelligent People Have Gout Published on June 20, 2018 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits On June 30, 1959, a UPI article discussed how two US government scientists, Dewitt Stetten, Jr. and John Z. Hearon, were studying the relationship between gout and intelligence.Click to Read More...
Cow Jumps Over the Moon Published on June 16, 2018 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly on February 18, 1930 when a tri-motored Ford airplane flew her to a height of 5,000 feet.Click to Read More...
Moons of Mars Made by Martians Published on June 12, 2018 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits On May 1, 1959, it was reported that Soviet scientist Iosif Shklovsky had found evidence that the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, may be artificial.Click to Read More...
A Journey to the Center of the Earth – Podcast #112 Published on June 2, 2018 Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine John Cleves Symmes asked Congress to fund a voyage to the North Pole so that his crew could sail into the Earth's interior. You may be surprised to find out how many of our elected officials approved the voyage...Click to Read More...
Glue Sniffing Fad Published on February 12, 2018 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits On July 5, 1962, Arizona state authorities tried to calm the public by telling them that the latest craze of glue sniffing was just a fad.Click to Read More...
Exercise Fad is Dangerous Published on February 5, 2018 Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits On October 27, 1939, the AMA’s health magazine Hygeia printed an article written by Dr. Henry A. Christian warning that excessive exercise was dangerous to one’s health.Click to Read More...
Safety Buttons Proven Unsafe Published on January 21, 2018 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits In 1974 the Consumer Product Safety Commission had to recall 80,000 of their own "Think Toy Safety" buttons because they were unsafe.Click to Read More...