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Smoking Doll | 1915 (and the feared ‘doll famine’ of the 1910s)
Sales Pitch: Is your tot crying, but they don’t seem hungry, tired, or like need to be changed? Take a deep breath – we’ve got you covered! Simply plug your cigarette into our doll’s mouth and let the secondhand smoke disperse calmness in the crib. They won’t even notice you’ve left the room! Imagine the…
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Potato Chip Sandwich Garnish | 2002
Sales Pitch: Are you a sandwich chain looking to add a snap to your boring menu? Introduce your customers to the Double Crisp Crunchy Chicken Sandwich, featuring a crispy chicken patty topped with a sandwich-sized singular potato chip garnish! Carve out your space in the market today with the added crunch of an extra-big chip.…
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Not-Snow-Successful Winter Inventions
You can slip on it, slog through it, ball it up and toss it, or make a fort; snow season comes with a number of built-in ways to have fun, without much need for accessories or gizmos. And yet we insist to elaborate on the classic pair of birch boards, once lashed to feet with…
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Snow Bikes (1896-1908)
Accepting that their roads may never be fully clear of snow or ice, several inventors have sought to convert their bicycles into winter-conquering machines. Mostly, their solutions added gears and skis. Read all about three snow bikes below. 1. Ice or Snow Vehicle | 1900 Louis Olson’s creation seems like a prescient imagining of how…
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Coughing Cigarette Box | 1972
Sales Pitch: Every smoker’s been there. We try cutting cold-turkey; we switch from cigarettes to Nicorette. But before the thought’s even put to words, our brains and our bodies miss them – our fingers tips twitch. A day, a week, a month later, we tell ourselves we just can’t hack it, and find our yearning…
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