Death
Follies of the Madmen #485
No infants were harmed in the making of this ad. Oh, wait a minute, they're not breathing...
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 08, 2020 -
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Category: Babies, Business, Advertising, Death, 1950s, Goofs and Screw-ups
Follies of the Madmen #484
Somehow not quite as humorous nowadays.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 29, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Death, Family, Photography and Photographers, 1960s
RIP Chicken Fried Steak
On July 26, 1985, the Taste of Texas restaurant in Houston buried a chicken fried steak and put up a tombstone for it, which remains there to this day.
It reminds me of the grave of Blinky the frozen chicken in L.A.
via Click2houston
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 21, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Food, 1980s
The Wreck of the City of San Francisco
One weird thing about this once-famous train crash: no perp was ever found.
Even with this lead, from a contemporary account.
Rather reminiscent of the One-Armed Man from the 1960s TV show THE FUGITIVE.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 15, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Unsolved Mysteries, 1930s, 1960s, Trains
Will to be read in 2163
Adolph Metzer loved cats and dogs. So, in his will, he gave $1000 to the city of Evanston, as well as to ten states, with the stipulation that the money be put in a bank account and not touched until 2163. By that time, he figured, his money would have grown to $201,559,641.30. All of which could be spent to help homeless cats and dogs.I haven't been able to find out what happened to his money. My guess is that it's long gone.
Washington Post - Mar 13, 1913
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 14, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Inheritance and Wills, Law, 1910s
Death by carrot juice
It was probably the enormous quantities of Vitamin A pills that Basil Brown was taking which actually killed him. Though the daily gallon of carrot juice certainly contributed.More info: NY Times
Ottawa Citizen - Feb 15, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 12, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Vegetables, 1970s
Human-Powered Flight
"Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 11, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Flight, Technology, Nineteenth Century
The strange death of Frank Hayes
June 4, 1923: Jockey Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack and died while riding the horse Sweet Kiss in the steeplechase at Belmont Park. He nevertheless won the race.It's the only time that a horse race has been won by a dead jockey. And it's probably also the only time that a sports competition has been won by a dead contestant.
More info: wikipedia
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - June 5, 1923
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 09, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Sports, 1920s
Lightning-Struck Brassieres
Fatalities that occurred in 1982 and 1999 reveal that wearing an underwire bra in a lightning storm can lead to loss of life.
St. Joseph News-Press Gazette - Jun 19, 1982
The Vancouver Sun - Oct 28, 1999
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 01, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Underwear
The Bee Bed
Get your free plans here!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 23, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Domestic, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Insects and Spiders
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