How an eccentric nudist colonist invented the Lava Lamp (1960’s)

Vintage Crestworth Atro Lantern Lava Lamp

A lava lamp (or Astro lamp as it was originally known), is a decorative light featuring various colored, oozing blobs of wax that rise and fall in a heated and lighted lamp. Englishman Edward Craven Walker invented the lava lamp in 1963 and the device grew in popularity during the 1960’s psychedelic craze.

14-year-old William Ruppert breaks pole sitting record in front of home

In an era without television and radio, people often looked for means of entertainment outside of the home. Such was the case in The Roaring Twenties with an odd but not new spectacle of “flagpole sitting”.

Zoot suit in Los Angeles Museum of Art from 1942

A zoot suit, or zuit suit, has high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long knee-length coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It was popularized in the 1930’s and its extravagant nature triggered World War II riots known as the Zoot Suit Riots.

Silly Putty has been marketed under many names since it was invented – Thinking Putty, Bouncing Putty, Tricky Putty, Nutty Putty, and even Potty Putty. It rose to prominence in the 1950’s and became one of the most successful toys of the twentieth century. Its wartime discovery was pure accident.

In 2009, a light was spotted in the skies above Norway that made other glowing-light UFO sightings pale by comparison. Called the “Norwegian spiral anomaly” or “Star Gate”, the UFO was visible to thousands of awe-struck Norwegians and photographed extensively, from Norway to Sweden. The event occurred on December 9, 2009 and lasted from 2-3…

During the CNN broadcast of the President Obama inauguration (January 20, 2009), an interesting UFO can be seen if your eyes are keen enough. Watch carefully, about 9 seconds into the segment, you will notice an extraordinarily fast UFO shoot from the right side of the screen towards the left. The object is very fast…