In the 1940’s, there was a remote control for the Garod TV set that was attached to the set with a twenty-foot cable.

Snow monkeys in Japan entertain themselves by making snowballs.

The Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation introduced the toasted selfie. All you have to do is send the company a selfie and they’ll print it for you on a selfie toast-producing gadget in just ten days.

Back in the 1920’s, there were beach police who actually went around measuring women’s swimsuit lengths to insure that no one was wearing a swimsuit with a questionable length. If a woman was found violating the code, they would be forced to cover up or be sent home. In some cases, they were arrested. 

Oklahoma man Paul Phillips loves fishing so much that he dug his own pond and then built a house over it. There’s a trap door in his living room that he can fish from whenever he wants.