Teflon was introduced by DuPont in nonstick cookware in 1946 and was the very “forever chemical.” These types of chemicals are linked to many diseases, never break down in the environment, and are now present in the blood of nearly every American adult and newborn baby. The post Teflon was introduced by DuPont… appeared first… Read More »
Gillian Lynne did so badly in school teachers thought she had a learning disorder and her mom took her to a doctor. Lynne began dancing to his radio; the doctor said: She’s not disordered, she’s a dancer; put her in dance school. Lynne became a world-renowned dancer and music theater choreographer. The post Gillian Lynne… Read More »
Alexander Cumming was an inventor and the first person to patent a flush toilet in 1775. Cumming included an s-trap in the design to prevent sewer gasses from entering the building through the toilet. Modern toilets still incorporate this design. The post Alexander Cumming was an inventor and the first person… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
Sooam Biotech, a lab in Korea, makes genetically identical copies — clones — of dogs for pet owners. For $100,000, anyone who has a cell from any dog can get a clone. The lab says it has cloned hundreds of dogs so far. Many are for grieving pet owners, and some are cloned for other… Read More »
Arvīds Blūmentāls, a rumored prototype for Crocodile Dundee and Latvian Baron, deserted the Waffen-SS for the Foreign Legion before relocating to Australia. He hunted 10,000 crocodiles with his bare hands and lived in a hillside dugout so bizarre it was used in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. The post Arvīds Blūmentāls, a rumored prototype… appeared first… Read More »
The “Candy bar protest”, also known as “the 5 cent chocolate war”, “the 5 cent war”, and “the chocolate candy bar strike”, was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents. As the children marched, they sang: We want a 5 cent chocolate… Read More »
It was Stalin who invented the phrase ‘American Exceptionalism’. It was originally used as a way to attack Americans and their desire to see themselves as unique. Now most Americans use the term in a positive way. The post It was Stalin that invented the phrase… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source