May 2022
May 16, 2022
Edible Tape
A group of students at Johns Hopkins recently invented edible tape for burritos. They're calling their invention Tastee Tape.
I thought edible tape was a pretty old idea, and some searching quickly pulled up prior examples of it. But despite the idea being around for a while, I've never seen edible tape in a supermarket. So perhaps the Johns Hopkins version of it will be the one to catch on.
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Apr 13, 1991
Honolulu Star Bulletin - Sep 2, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 16, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Inventions
Payment in Clams
When the nation's banks closed during the Depression, Leiter's Pharmacy in Pismo Beach, California, issued this clamshell as change.
The 1929 stock market crash triggered banking panics, as people rushed to withdraw their savings before they were lost. In March 1933, President Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday to prevent further withdrawals. To compensate for the currency shortage, communities created emergency money, or scrip. This clamshell was signed as it changed hands and redeemed when cash became available again.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 16, 2022 -
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Category: Money, Nature, 1930s
May 15, 2022
Name That List, #67
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- Sunderland Kink
- Barber Perfect
- Triangle Line
- Jayne Hill
- Merrill's Four Point
- Hold Fast
- Necktie
- Buckthorn
- Brink Twist
- Saber Point
- Untorn Ribbon
- Saw Tooth
- Brink Flat
- Wrap Around
- Ric-Rac
- Kelly's Diamond
- Corsicana Clip
- Lazy Plate
- Pooler Jones
- Nadel Two Twist
- Underwood Tack
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 15, 2022 -
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Category: Name That List
The Seneca Lake Monster
One of the lesser-known giant enigmas to haunt the lakes of the Northeast USA.Source of article below.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 15, 2022 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Regionalism, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, North America
May 14, 2022
How to get a teenage boy
"step-by-step stalking strategy"More info: flashbak.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 14, 2022 -
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Category: Teenagers, Books, 1960s, Love & Romance
Follies of the Madmen #532
No mincing words here!Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 14, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Underwear, Magazines, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures
May 13, 2022
Metallic Swim Suit
Apr 1938: Ruth Williamson demonstrated that "nothing short of a saw or file" would damage the metallic bathing suit she was modeling.Because withstanding saw and file is an important quality for a bathing suit.
Pittsburgh Press - Apr 17, 1938
NY Daily News - Mar 27, 1938
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 13, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, 1930s
Null-A Synthesizers
Synthesizers employing chaos patterns to produce very weird sounds.Purchase yours at their home page. There you will find many more sound samples like the ones below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 13, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
May 12, 2022
Mother Goose Controversy
1937: I don't know how Khrushchev would have felt about the Mother Goose mural painted on a wall at the Glenn Dale Sanatorium outside Washington D.C., but health officer Dr. George Rhuland felt it was "grotesque" and ordered it painted over. I think he was eventually overruled.I'm not sure what he found objectionable about it. Perhaps he didn't like the modernist style.
Meanwhile, the Glenn Dale Sanatorium has since become an abandoned relic, which remains standing, rather than being torn down, because of the asbestos remediation costs.
North Adams Transcript - Nov 19, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 12, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, 1930s
World’s Most Beautiful Blonde
The photo that comes second here represents several of the contestants in this French competition. Not sure if our winner, Helen, is among them.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 12, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1930s, Europe
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