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by JKCalhoun 235 days ago
I hope you didn't buy Sea Monkeys next.
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throwup238 235 days ago
Or XRay Specs
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Tempat1 235 days ago
Fun fact: Both were invented by the same guy, Harold Nathan Braunhut.
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JKCalhoun 235 days ago
Wow, that guy is a piece of work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut

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aitchnyu 233 days ago
While we are on the topic of famous and bad inventions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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homeonthemtn 234 days ago
Rather abrupt shift in topic in that article
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IAmBroom 233 days ago
Nothing compared to the 6-foot glow-in-the-dark skeleton (actually a folded plastic poster) or the Submarine! (ditto).
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