They just don’t make ‘em like they used to these days. In some cases, that’s a good thing. Although you can still absolutely buy very dangerous products and gadgets today, we can all be grateful to have at least some level of safety regulations in place for most things. It was a very different story …
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When the summer heat gets unbearable, you just turn on your air conditioner for near-instant relief. At least that’s what you do here in America. In many places of the world, though, having an AC in your home is a luxury that very few people are privileged enough to have. Yet, in many of the …
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In the 1980s, there was big boom in consumer product development. Partially, it was because people had enough money to buy stuff, but tech was also getting smaller and cheaper, so all kinds of gadgets found their way to the store shelves. Some of them never left the shelf, though. Because of the mad rush …
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Take some time to dabble in these put your finger down questions. Have you ever played this game? you’ve ever sang karaoke. you’ve had a broken heart. you’ve ever been arrested. you’ve been given a speeding ticket. you’ve lied on a first date. you’ve been involved in a car accident. you’ve auditioned for a reality …
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Do you know these fun facts about candy? Halloween is less than a week away now and then come the rest of the holidays, full swing. Hershey and Dunkin’ Donuts have teamed up to create candy-flavored coffee with Heath Bar and Almond Joy flavors. If you weigh 180 pounds, the American Chemical Society states that …
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All publicity is good publicity. We don’t know who said it originally, but whoever it was, they were correct. Goldfish is the latest brand to prove this anonymous marketing genius right. As a kid, you surely snacked on these cheesy crackers that don’t actually have anything to do with fish apart from their shape. Well, …
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Do you know these candy fun facts like Mike and Ike came out in 1940? There are so many more fun facts about candy to come! There’s a streetlight in Hershey Pennsylvania that is shaped like a Hershey Kiss. Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to the World Headquarters for the Hershey Chocolate Company and was named …
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Have you read The History of Dessert on a Stick And Where They Came From? Because this is part two. It takes 43 pounds of ice to manufacture and deliver one gallon of ice cream. But Harry Burt created the delivery truck. Ford was producing reliable trucks at the time and Burt wanted to rework …
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They say that you are what you eat. If that’s true, then most of us are… Well, we’re a lot of things you would not expect. If you’ve ever looked at the ingredient lists of some very common things we eat, slather on our faces, or otherwise use, you’ve seen many strange words. Typically, we …
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National TV dinner day just happened on September 10th but do you know the history and origin of tv dinners? Or who the two groups are that claim they invented them? TV dinners came out as compact multi course meals that took 15 minutes to bake. They were affordable and delicious and the people wanted …
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