#toys

Stories tagged “toys” in the Weird Science History archive — 7 stories connected by this topic.

• The Sea-Monkeys That Hatched a Day Before You 'Brought Them to Life'
• The Talking Doll Edison Built With a Phonograph in Its Chest — and Pulled From Stores Within Weeks
• The Children's Toy That Came With Four Jars of Uranium — and Flopped Because of the Price
• The Frisbee Salesmen Who Charged a Dollar for an Invisible Wire
• The Wallpaper Cleaner Nobody Needed Anymore That Became Play-Doh
• The Rocket Scientist Whose Leaky Fridge Idea Became the Super Soaker
• The Slinky: The Walking Spring That Fell Off a Navy Workbench

Related topics: #accidental invention #1950s #A.C. Gilbert #aerodynamics #artemia #atomic age #brine shrimp #chemistry