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Retrocast #33 – Podcast #238

This episode of the Useless Information Retrocast includes the following:

Question of the Day: What is the most commonly used word in song lyrics?

The study cited can be found at https://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs100/students/project11/

Retrosponsor: Energine Cleaning Fluid

This Retrosponsor commercial is from the July 3, 1947 broadcast of Backstage Wife.

Tidbits:

Cat Placed in Jail While Awaiting Court Hearing (1937)

Exploding Sweaters (1952)

Shoes Designed to Protect Postmen from Dogs (1956)

Footnotes to History:

Titanic Unsinkable (1912)

Peroxide Blonde Is Hard Hit by War (1918)

New Taste Given To 1937 Spinach! (1937)

Judge Scents 1-Cent Error (1956)

Rose Are Red, Defendent Is Blue (1966)

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