1970s
The Spilhaus Space Clock
This clock gives info on 19 different variables.For complete info, visit here.
The inventor's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2018 -
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Category: Nature, Science, Technology, 1960s, 1970s
Shame of the Jungle
Cartoon nudity.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 21, 2018 -
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Category: Sexuality, Cartoons, 1970s, Africa, Europe
Unoccupied car bursts into flames
A short-circuit? Sounds more like the car was possessed.
The Bridgeport Post - Apr 10, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 20, 2018 -
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Category: 1970s, Cars
Starlit Stairway
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 19, 2018 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Regionalism, Television, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Exploding Goose
“Mrs. Stewart told deputies the goose, a wild bird which had made its home with the Stewarts, was flying and then suddenly exploded in midair.”
Roseville Press-Tribune - June 16, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 15, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #388
Dress so as to resemble a soda can.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 08, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1970s
Rent-a-Thief
Incentive your employees to be honest by surreptitiously hiring a thief whom you can ‘catch’ and publicly shame.
Pomona Progress Bulletin - July 23, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 07, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Crime, 1970s
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 06, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Science Fiction, Time-travel, 1970s
Whisper Seat
Patent awarded to Paul Bungo of Ambridge, Pennsylvania - July 20, 1971:Another object is to provide a whisper seat which accordingly will eliminate the embarrassment to an occupant of a bath room that persons outside thereof have heard him during a bowel movement.
I can't imagine that this invention actually worked, because how would it stop the sound from coming out from between your legs?
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 02, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Flatulence, 1970s
Herbie Mann’s Disco “Walk on the Wild Side”
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 02, 2018 -
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Category: Fads, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1970s
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