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Romans literatuur
How did we come up with that? Everyone knows about mousetraps, but did you know they were originally inspired by burglar alarms? What was so important to Samuel Hopkins that he became the first person to have a US patent? Many curious creations have been born over the centuries, and author and historian Sophie Stirling dives into the curious minds behind these unique (and sometimes wild) ideas throughout history.
How about strange beauty and fashion fads—where did they come from? The phrase “pain is beauty” has a very real history across the globe. Discover painful fashion trends, wooden bathing suits, breast enhancers in the shape of toilet plungers, and death-inducing cosmetics. People are willing to do anything to stay beautiful. But why would ingredients include arsenic, beetles, or “hog’s pisse”?
And what about odd superstitions? Do you know about the centuries-old Banana Curse? The origin of the Tooth Fairy? Our weird obsession with shoes? Some strange beliefs might seem to be the stuff of old wives’ tales, but many have become ingrained in our minds. You might be more superstitious than you think!
© 2020 Dreamscape Media (Luisterboek): 9781666550948
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Luisterboek: 18 augustus 2020
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3.8
Romans literatuur
How did we come up with that? Everyone knows about mousetraps, but did you know they were originally inspired by burglar alarms? What was so important to Samuel Hopkins that he became the first person to have a US patent? Many curious creations have been born over the centuries, and author and historian Sophie Stirling dives into the curious minds behind these unique (and sometimes wild) ideas throughout history.
How about strange beauty and fashion fads—where did they come from? The phrase “pain is beauty” has a very real history across the globe. Discover painful fashion trends, wooden bathing suits, breast enhancers in the shape of toilet plungers, and death-inducing cosmetics. People are willing to do anything to stay beautiful. But why would ingredients include arsenic, beetles, or “hog’s pisse”?
And what about odd superstitions? Do you know about the centuries-old Banana Curse? The origin of the Tooth Fairy? Our weird obsession with shoes? Some strange beliefs might seem to be the stuff of old wives’ tales, but many have become ingrained in our minds. You might be more superstitious than you think!
© 2020 Dreamscape Media (Luisterboek): 9781666550948
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 18 augustus 2020
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Peter
9 aug 2020
Very annoyingly narrated. Not sure is some of the facts are real or if the details have been made to fit the purpose of the book, which is basicaly a colection of jokes based on historic events. That said, not my type of humor unfortunately.
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