Amazing Facts From mental_floss

mental_floss makes excellent magazines, but this month’s issue, their 50th, is particularly good.
Here’s an example of the golden nuggets of trivia you can expect from mental_floss, from their article 50 Amazing Facts For Our 50th Issue:

1. In 1943, Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging “smokers’ cough.” They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris.
2. In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called “Growing Up Skipper.” Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
5. Only female mosquitoes will bite you.
10. Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple dates in the mid-1980s. It was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her talk show.
26. Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell is also responsible for starting up the Chuck E. Cheese’s franchise.
48. At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi, Finland, first prize is the wife’s weight in beer.

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