……They still do…..there’s a tribe in New Jersey…..and another tribe settled in California.
TRICHOPHAGIA….Anyone know what that is?……it’s characterized by a person eating hair…..usually their own…..primarily after pulling it out……the hair is pulled out and then the ends of the root bulb are eaten……sometimes the hair shaft itself…..the hair then collects in the gastrointestinal tract……causing indigestion and stomach pain……recently, Doctor’s pulled a 9-pound hairball from a teenager’s stomach.
VIRGINIA STERILIZATION ACT OF 1924……Carrie E. Buck was a plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell…..after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being….. “feeble-minded”…..the surgery was carried out while Buck was an inmate of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded…..which took place under the authority of the….. “Racial Integrity Act of 1924”……which is…..or maybe still is….part of the state of Virginia’s eugenics program.….in an eight to one decision…..the Supreme Court found that the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 did not violate the U.S. Constitution……man those nine crows can never get it right.….except for one time…..and lately even that decision is kind of iffy!
A ROSE FOR MARY…..Awwwww…..this is so sweet…..upon his death, TV star Jack Benny’s widow, Mary, received a red rose…..after several days, with another rose delivered each day…..Mary called to find out who was sending them…..the florist told her that Benny made arrangements…….for a rose to be sent to her every day for the rest of her life.
LISTERINE….You know,…..that blue green nasty tasting stuff you gargle with to kill dragon breath?…..was first invented 135 years ago…..first as a surgical antiseptic…..but also as a cure for …..and get this….. “Gonorrhea”…..an article from 1888 recommends Listerine…..for sweaty feet and soft corns developing between the toes.….during the next century it was marketed as a refreshing additive for cigarettes…..a cure for the common cold……and as dandruff treatment…..in the 1920’s they thought it was .a good idea to kill morning breath…..I don’t know about you…..but I’m never using that stuff again.
WHEN ASKED…..What would happen if you were invited to a dinner party with his characters….Dr. Seuss said…. “I wouldn’t show up.”
PHOBIAS….Pentheraphobia…..is a persistent fear of your mother-in-law…..Arithmophobia……a fear of numbers……Selenophobia……a fear of the Moon……Allodoxaphobia……a fear of opinions……Genuphobia……a fear of knees……Oneirogmophobia……a fear of wet dreams……Sesquipedalophobia……a fear of long words……Coulrophobia……a fear of clowns……Venustraphobia……a fear of beautiful women……Bibliophobia……a fear of books.
JAMES BROWN’S CHAUFFEUR: HE STILL HASN’T BEEN BURIED….. “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!”……please tell me this is a joke.
ALIEN ABDUCTION INSURANCE……St. Lawrence Agency in Altamonte Springs, Florida……Florida,….figures……is the first company to offer insurance…..just in case you’re jacked by ET……the company says it has paid out two claims…..at $1 per year until their death or for one million years…..over 20,000 people have purchased the insurance……including Shirley MacLaine and a Harvard Professor who has written about aliens……talk about a scam!
THE FIRST DRIVE-IN THEATER…..Was started in….. “NEW JERSEY”…..Richard Hollingshead from Camden…..built the first drive-in theatre in his driveway…..he hung a sheet between two trees….and mounted a movie projector on his car…..the setup was inspired by his mother…..she was a large woman who was uncomfortable in the seat at regular movie theaters.