February 2018
February 4, 2018
The mustard theory of heart disease
Given that just about everything one can possibly eat seems to be bad for you, I'm not sure if Dr. Jackson Blair was a crackpot or ahead of his time with his theory that mustard is the secret cause of heart disease.But for Blair, mustard was just the tip of the iceberg. It was "part of a wider theory that condiments—pepper, ginger, mustard and mayonnaise, which contains mustard—cause hypertension."
As with everything, I suspect how much of it one eats might play a role.
Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram - Sep 2, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 04, 2018 -
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Category: Food, 1960s, Disease
Miss Geico
Am I alone in this, or does Miss Geico appear to be one of the hideous sea-folk who live off the coast of Lovecraft's Innsmouth, and conspire to interbreed with humans, producing hybrid abominations?
Home page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 04, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Horror, Motor Vehicles, Fictional Monsters
February 3, 2018
Kissing Screen
Popular Science Monthly - Feb 1920
Oakland Tribune - May 1, 1910
The Day Book - Feb 19, 1912
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 03, 2018 -
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Category: Hygiene, 1910s
Follies of the Madmen #350
"Telltale beverages" = booze.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960s
February 2, 2018
Washroom Infection
In the early 20th century, it was widely believed that dirty bathrooms were a primary cause of the spread of disease, particularly sexual disease. One result of this belief, apparently, was the adoption of U-shaped toilet seats in public bathrooms, since it was thought that these were more hygienic.Read more about this at The Weeklings.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 02, 2018 -
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Category: Health, Disease, Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
The Sword and the Dragon
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 02, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1950s, Russia, Fictional Monsters
February 1, 2018
Elva Miller
Elva Miller was the Florence Foster Jenkins of the 1960s. From her bio on Wikipedia:But she laughed all the way to the bank. Her rendition of "Downtown" sold 250,000 copies in three weeks, and reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April 1966.
If you're up for more sonic abuse, you can find plenty of her recordings on youtube.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 01, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1960s
Chet Huntley Explains the Strategic Air Command
Be sure to enjoy the SAC theme song starting around 6:30.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 01, 2018 -
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Category: Government, Music, War, Weapons, 1960s
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