To Get Kids To Eat Their Veggies, A Company Sold A Line Called “I Hate Peas”
For National Eat Your Vegetables Day, the story of the time a company tried to get kids to eat French fry-shaped versions of dinner table vegetables, but with a name that may not have done them any favors.
Cracker Jack Originally Came With More Peanuts And No Prizes
In the old days, that line “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack” was kind of redundant.
Making Sandwich In Court
Exhibit A, or Exhibit PB&J?
Defense Scheme No. 1: The Secret Canadian Plan To Invade The US
This year has not been a record one for US/Canadian ties, but at least it's not like 1921, when a Canadian military official worked up a secret plan to invade a bunch of northern US cities. (And, for that matter, the US had a northern invasion plan too.)
The Man Versus Horse Marathon Is Pretty Much What The Name Suggests
Tomorrow in Wales, a race where there are human runners and horses with riders on the same course, trying to get to the finish line ahead of each other. And it all started with an argument in a pub.
Easy Listening Emerged From When Radio Programmers Tried To Target Women
Today in 1971 that the magazine Record World published an article about a new and very chill radio format that was the precursor of Easy Listening.