Quirky beginnings of a new nation
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White House pets and presidential antics
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Bizarre inventions and industrial oddities
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Pop culture fads and historical hysteria
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Two centuries of American quirks
dave Pop Culture Fads
Everybody's spinning! A plastic ring, Then whoosh! It's gone, A fleeting thing.
Oregon's exploding whale: In 1970, the state used a half-ton of dynamite to clear a dead whale, raining blubber that crushed a nearby car.
An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived. In 1975, Gary Dahl became a millionaire by marketing ordinary stones as Pet Rocks.
Who became an overnight millionaire in 1975 by selling ordinary beach stones packaged in cardboard boxes?
In 1970, what did the Oregon Highway Division use to clear a 45-foot dead whale from a beach, with disastrous results?
Which Ivy League university kicked off the bizarre 1939 craze of swallowing live goldfish?
What was the name of the 1920s fad where people sat on top of wooden poles for days at a time?
What desperate endurance contest became a massive spectator fad during the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Which plastic toy, introduced in 1958, sold over 100 million units in its first two years of production?
In 1959, what dangerous stunt involved stuffing as many college students as possible into a small wooden structure?