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July 12, 1960

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1960 manufacturing began for the Etch A Sketch® and soon afterwards the first commercials for this toy were shown during the Saturday morning cartoon schedule. Children all across the United States learned an important lesson of how toy advertisers were a pack of lying bastards. Close Bookmark and Share This … Continue reading →

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July 8th, 1881

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1881 Edward Berner, a druggist in Two Rivers, WI poured chocolate syrup on ice cream in a dish. Until this date chocolate syrup had only been used for making ice-cream sodas. Druggists and soda-jerks everywhere told him that the human taste-buds wouldn’t be able to handle the intense flavor … Continue reading →

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February 8, 1802

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1802, Simon Willard patented the banjo clock. Even his wife and children swore he was on drugs, and not the good kind.

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November 15, 1901

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1901 – Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid so he could listen to what his wife, Delores was saying. Very soon afterwards, he patented the turn-off switch for said hearing aid.

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