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A Copycat Cookie?

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:April 3, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

HYDROX cookies, which hit the market in 1908, were actually the real thing. The OREO, made in 1912, was the copycat. The cookie wars began in the 1890’s. The OREO…

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Your home is in the Sears Catalog!

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:March 25, 2022
  • Post category:Slow Lane

         Imagine the excitement! You are notified that your new home has arrived at the train station. The whole family can't wait to see the seal broken on…

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A blog with sound effects

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:March 21, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

If we had dinner with a young Elagabalus, 219CE, Rome, we might see a familiar gag. He used a pig bladder filled air and placed it under an unsuspecting guest.…

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Lions ,tigers and bears, oh yes!

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:March 13, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

Mustangs  and Jaguars are obvious choices to sell fast cars, but what about the other animals that are so familiar in popular culture? In 1944, Smokey the Bear pointed at…

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