June 2019
June 6, 2019
Boil Tested Buttons
Are modern buttons boil tested in the year 2019? It seems overkill to me, even back then. If you had the plastics formulation down pat, and tested it once, would you have to boil every button that came off the "assembly" line?
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 06, 2019 -
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Category: Destruction, Domestic, Fashion, Advertising, Twentieth Century
June 5, 2019
Jaw Relation Simulator
“to help police investigations related to people who have been bitten by other people and who retain marks in their flesh from the experience.”
Chicago Tribune - Apr 1, 1990
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 05, 2019 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, Teeth
The First Buck Rogers Film
Explanation here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 05, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Pop Art, Science Fiction, 1930s
June 4, 2019
Birch-Bark Suit
Created by Finnish artist Erkki Pekkarinen. There's not a lot of info to be found about him in English on the Internet. But Finland's Contemporary Folk Art Museum offers some:
His giant birch-bark shoes
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 04, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Fashion
Follies of the Madmen #427
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 04, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Crime, Fashion, Sexuality, 1960s
June 3, 2019
Name That List, #59
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- Can-Cell
- Thwip
- Gorg
- Haa
- Frog-Dog
- Pikobi
- Laa
- Kaadu
- Pelikki
- Peko-Peko
- Fambaa
- Odupiendo
- Shaak
- Aiwha
- Acklay
- Nexu
- Orray
- Dactillion
- Ginntho
- Gualaar
- Kod’Yok
- Runyip
- Goaty-Chicken
- Ronto
- Jerba
- Nudj
- Sleen
- Worrt
- Verkle
- Tip-Yip
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 03, 2019 -
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Category: Name That List
I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 03, 2019 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Surgery, Teenagers, 1950s, Brain
June 2, 2019
Koala Fingerprints
Odd trivia: the finger (and foot) prints of koalas are so similar to those of humans that not even a scanning electron microscope can detect the difference. They’re more human-like than even those of chimpanzees.
Sydney Morning Herald - Nov 6, 1996
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 02, 2019 -
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Category: Animals
Cornwall Superstitions
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 02, 2019 -
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Category: Superstition, United Kingdom
June 1, 2019
Oreo Magic Dunkers
'Magic Dunkers' were Oreo cookies that turned milk blue when dunked, but they were only available for 2 months in 2000.I'm surprised Nabisco has never introduced a unicorn version of these that would turn milk rainbow colors. (If they ever do, then I called it here first!)
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 01, 2019 -
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Category: Food
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