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From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing

Fox Tossing Fox tossing was a competitive blood sport popular in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. It was practiced by members of the aristocracy in an enclosed patch of ground or in a courtyard, using slings with a person on each end to catapult the animal upwards.Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – ‘Tom’s Diner’, Karl Brandenburg and MP3

When compact discs were introduced in 1982, consumers marveled at the amount of information they could store. For every three-minute song, a CD uses about 32 megabytes of data. But that size proved to be unwieldy in the early, pokey days of the Internet. Using an old, dial-up modem, it might take eight hours toContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – ‘Tom’s Diner’, Karl Brandenburg and MP3”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Disneyland Lingerie Shop

In the 1950s, Disneyland had a Lingerie shop on Main Street Women could buy intimate lingerie and enjoy a presentation on the history of underwear. There was also a mechanical figure called the Wizard of Bras who would wave his magic wand at guests…

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – California’s Hippie Utopias

The Last Glimpses of California’s Vanishing Hippie Utopias Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. Here, the last of those rogue souls offer a glimpse of their otherworldly residences—and the tail end of a grandContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – California’s Hippie Utopias”