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ANQDB TIL Cross Dressing Ken doll was an employee prank
JY498 TIL about the 'Nobody For President' campaign from 1976. It was popularized by activists such as Wavy Gravy. The appeal for Nobody was apparent: Nobody was the best candidate. Nobody cares about you. Nobody loves the poor. Nobody will end the war. Nobody will cut your taxes.
wLQ81 TIL in 1749 a stage show was advertised a where a man would squeeze his body into a wine bottle. It was a bet between the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield that they could advertise something impossible and get fools to pay for it. The sold out theatre rioted when no performer showed up.