1960s Sugar Companies Paid Harvard Scientists To Make Fat The Leading Cause Of Heart Disease
Culture | September 19, 2019
A young woman in a bikini eats a Butterfingers brand candy bar as she sunbathes on a beach near Malibu, California, 1970. (Pho...
1976: 'Network' Newsman Rants, 'I'm As Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Going To Take This Anymore!'
Entertainment | September 18, 2019
Even if you’ve never seen the 1976 movie Network, you know the line delivered by TV newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch): "I'...
Heineken's WOBO Bottle, Designed For People To Build Houses Out Of Beer Bottles
Culture | September 17, 2019
For Alfred "Freddy" Heineken, building a house out of glass beer bottles was a solution to two problems -- and in 1960, it was a visiona...
Early Nintendo: With 1966's 'Ultra Hand,' Future Game Boy Inventor Saved The Company
Entertainment | September 16, 2019
What's the symbol of Nintendo -- Mario the plumber? True, the little guy with the mustache, and his brother Luigi, and Princess Pea...
O.J. Simpson Was Passed Over For 'Terminator' Role For Being 'Too Nice'
Entertainment | September 15, 2019
Left: O.J. Simpson poses for a portrait in circa-1985 in Los Angeles, California. Right: Schwarzenegger in 'Terminator.' Sources: Harry Langdon/Get...
'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' Was A Racial Reality Check
Culture | September 14, 2019
In Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Sidney Poitier plays John, a black man meeting his white fiancee's parents, who are played by Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hep...
Australia, 1960: Shocking Kidnapping-Murder Leads To Law Keeping Lottery Winners Anonymous
Culture | September 13, 2019
In 1960 Graeme Thorne, an eight-year-old Australian boy was abducted and murdered after his parents, Bazil and Freda Thorne, ...
1967: When Computer Science Was 'Women's Work' Because It's 'Like Planning A Dinner'
Culture | September 12, 2019
A woman working on a Honeywell tape drive computer, circa 1969. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) In the late 1960s, comput...
Was There Really A Feud Between Neil Young And Lynyrd Skynyrd?
Music | September 11, 2019
Left: Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd,on the field before the 1977 Season Opening Atlanta Braves Game. Right: Neil Young...
Cookie Monster Began Life Stealing Canadian Snacks
Icons | September 10, 2019
Sesame Street Muppet Cookie Monster poses for photographs during a press conference in January 2013. Photo by Georg Wendt/picture alliance via Getty Images If not for...
Why Was Mayonnaise Such A Staple Of The Groovy Era?
Fads | September 9, 2019
In Cold War America, "mayonnaise on everything" was the rule. We've seen the t-shirts and memes that advocate "sriracha on everything" -- imagine that sort of ever-...
Disney Created Fake Companies To Buy Up Land In Florida
Culture | September 8, 2019
Left: Disney World's Magic Kingdo under construction prior to its 1971 opening. Right: A window on Main Street commemorates M.T. Lott Real Estate Investments. Sour...
