23/05/2023
1920s ‘Little Albert experiment.’ Johns Hopkins University chose a nine-month-old infant from a hospital and attempted to ‘condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.’ They successfully made him fear Santa, rabbits, and other furry animals.
18/05/2023
A traditional West African voodoo village named Oyotunji was founded near Savannah, Georgia in 1970. They have a king, no electricity or water, no English before noon, drink chicken blood and consider themselves a separate nation from the United States.
18/05/2023
According to a New York Times article from 1996, Lisa Simpson from 'The Simpsons' was responsible for an increase in young people, especially young women, playing the saxophone.
18/05/2023
The ancient dog breed of Xoloitzcuintli, the dog from Coco, was nearly extinct by 1950s. They were revived from a group of 10 pure bred after an expedition scoured most of the Mexico in search for them.