April 2016
April 5, 2016
Chicago’s Acro-Theater
Plays that also featured acrobatic & gymnastic stunts. I'm thinking Shakespeare should be performed this way. Hamlet's soliloquy delivered on a trampoline.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 05, 2016 -
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Category: Entertainment, Exercise and Fitness, Regionalism, Sports, Performance Art, 1940s, 1950s
April 4, 2016
Hitler the Snowman
Adolf Hitler snowman created by Tokyo children, January 1937.At the time, Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan had recently become allies, with the signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact.
Source: Newsweek - Jan 23, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 04, 2016 -
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Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Children, 1930s
The Solarnauts
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 04, 2016 -
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Category: Television, Science Fiction, 1960s
April 3, 2016
Home Sweet Home
So making homes out of shipping containers is a thing. It is kind of similar to modular homes that are usually installed on a slab. Some of the ones featured above are very nice, impressive even. Reuse, renew, recycle in action. Also a cool idea.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 03, 2016 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures
Sexy Lingerie
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 03, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear, 1910s, Women
Malone the Rat Fighter
Tough way to earn a living.This 1908 news story may have inspired Roald Dahl's short story "The Ratcatcher" (first published in 1953 in Someone Like You). Even if Dahl hadn't seen this exact news piece, he must have heard stories (urban legends) about rat catchers doing this.
The Royal Gazette - Oct 6, 1908
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 03, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Jobs and Occupations, Pests, Plagues and Infestations, 1900s
April 2, 2016
Which Way Did They Go?
You are out at an Easter egg hunt and you see a police helicopter searching the area. Then you see two men running away, what do you do? These kids knew just what to do. They formed an arrow on the ground to point the police in the right direction. Yes, the cops got the criminals. Great job kids!
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 02, 2016 -
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Category: Communications, Cops, Crime, Children
Herman the Hippo’s Big Adventure
March 24, 1967: Herman the Hippo disappeared from his pen at an animal show in Huntington Beach, California. For three days, no one could find him, despite a massive manhunt, and despite the fact that one would think it would be easy to spot a 1500-pound hippopotamus wandering around Orange County.Three days later he was found, 15 miles away, relaxing in a swimming pool at a horse ranch near Laguna Beach. The most likely explanation was that he had swum the 15 miles in the ocean.
Herman was lured out of the pool by bringing down his best friend, Lisa the elephant, whom he followed into their transport van.
Alton Evening Telegraph - Mar 28, 1967
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 02, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, 1960s
Mystery Gadget 35
Electronics + dog = ???
Answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 02, 2016 -
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Category: Technology, Dogs, 1950s
April 1, 2016
Sisters ate newspaper to survive
February 1980: The Schreiner sisters, Naomi (76) and Ruth (74), were found dead in their Columbus, Ohio home, apparently starved to death. In the house were found "little rolls of newspaper on plates as if the women had been eating them."Neighbors had sensed something was going wrong with the sisters for a while, and some had offered to help but had been told by the sisters to mind their own business.
The Bryan Times - Feb 13, 1980
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 01, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1980s
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