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The golden era of cigarette ads

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:February 28, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

Nothing says Happy Mother's Day like a carton of cigarettes from your child, right?Advertisers and tobacco companies used art deco artwork, glamorous women, politicians,  children, animals, movie stars and even…

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A field guide to chocolate from Humphrey Bogart

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:February 20, 2022
  • Post category:Slow Lane

Stephen F. Whitman opened a small retail "Confectionery and Fruiterer Shop" at Third and Market Streets in Philadelphia in 1842.Just three years after its introduction in 1915, the Whitman's Sampler®…

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Vinegar valentines?

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:February 14, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

A brief step into the weeds...Many scholars believe that St. Valentine was a priest who lived around 270 AD in Rome and attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II.…

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Canned meat can be fun

  • Post author:jerigale
  • Post published:February 6, 2022
  • Post category:Weirdly true

Spam was introduced by Hormel on July 5, 1937. No doubt you are familiar with the image of the SPAM can. SPAM is a registered trademark. Love it or hate…

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