A Canadian study found that children are less likely to pester their parents for a cheeseburger Happy Meal if they don’t see one on TV. But did you know that banning ads for toys and fast food was effective in lowering childhood obesity in Quebec? Quebec prohibited fast food and toy advertisements for children under […]
The first yo-yo company was opened in Santa Barbara, California, by a Filipino immigrant in 1928. But they have been documented to be around since 440 BC. But did you know that Syrians had a superstitious belief that yo-yos caused a drought? Yo-yos were banned in Syria in 1933 because many locals believed they were
If you are a dog owner, you may be familiar with the rubber dog toy you can place treats in. It encourages play and is excellent for dogs of all stages in life. But did you know how the nifty toy was invented? The classic Kong dog toy was created when the owner of an
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Captain Crunch and his Toy Whistle One fateful day in 1971, a young hacker named John Draper opened a box of Captain Crunch cereal. It is hard to imagine how this led to a major event in the history of anything, but the detail is that the box came with a toy whistle. Draper didn’t
U.K. girl uses her toy unicorn’s fake passport to get through Turkish customs: report A couple were left stunned after their nine-year-old daughter managed to pass through Turkish customs officers – with a passport identifying her as a UNICORN. And when the family passed through customs at Antalya airport to start their one-week holiday, flustered
‘My bears are my lifeline’: the adults who sleep with soft toys If you share your bed with a furry friend well into adulthood, don’t be ashamed – sleeping with soft toys is more normal than you might think. “It’s very common,” says Prof Bruce Hood of the University of Bristol, who has researched our
