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Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon's Exploding Whale—50 Years Later

Oregon came up with a combustible solution for their dead whale problem.

Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon's Exploding Whale—50 Years Later

'All the Sugar and Twice the Caffeine': The Electrifying History of Jolt Cola

Kimmy Lindell Ekström, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

'All the Sugar and Twice the Caffeine': The Electrifying History of Jolt Cola

Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

Dolly the sheep at the National Museum of Scotland

Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

The Garbage Pail Kids's Snot-Soaked History

Chris Hondros, Getty Images

The Garbage Pail Kids's Snot-Soaked History

From Ear to Eternity: When Mike Tyson Bit Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield (L) and Mike Tyson (R) compete in their rematch in Las Vegas on June 28, 1997. The bout would make sports history.

Miami Sound Machine: Remembering Don Johnson's Music Career

Don Johnson and Barbra Streisand in September 1988.

The Unkindest Cut: A History of the Bowl Cut

Jim Carrey, one hideous bowl cut, and Jeff Daniels star in Dumb and Dumber (1994).

Overexposed: A History of Fotomat

Fotomat locations promised speedy photo processing in the 1970s.

The Brief, Bizarre Pro Wrestling Career of Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman.

Good Gnews: Remembering The Great Space Coaster

Tubby Baxter and Gary Gnu in The Great Space Coaster.

When Wang Chung's 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight' Video Caused a Seizure Scare

Nick Feldman (L) and Jack Hues (R) of Wang Chung in May 1987.

The Fur Trade: How the Care Bears Conquered the '80s

Care Bears were one of the great merchandising success stories of the 1980s.

Bo Knows Everything: Remembering Nike's Legendary Bo Jackson Ad Campaign

Bo Jackson and the "Bo Knows" campaign helped Nike finally overtake Reebook in the early 1990s.

A Twisty History of Bop It

"Once you get your hands on Bop It!, you're not gonna want to stop it!"

When Magic Eye Pictures Ruled the World—and Frustrated Millions of People

In the 1990s, millions of people spent a lot of time staring at images like this one.

A Hair-Raising History of the Flowbee

The Flowbee revolutionized the highly suspect idea of cutting one's own hair.