Before modern dental science existed in the USA, people still had problems with their teeth. Oftentimes, though, there wasn’t anything approaching an actual dentist nearby. In the early 1800s, there wasn’t even a specific dental profession, and licensing hadn’t been invented yet. Barber Dentists and Blacksmith Dentists So, what did people do about [...]
The Monday of the last full week in January has been identified as the saddest day of the year. So-called "Blue Monday" was originally created as a marketing gimmick,* and even the creator of the concept has said we shouldn't let it get us down. However, he continues to embrace his motivation in identifying the [...]
It's a question that's beset many of us since we were kids: how many licks does it take to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop? Along with "Everything I Think I See" and "My Bologna Has a First Name," it's an artifact of some incredibly effective advertising campaigns when media was more concentrated and [...]
In one of those bizarre stories we hear from time to time, after wisdom tooth extraction, a man saved the teeth and put one of them in an engagement ring he used to propose to his girlfriend on Halloween. Although many people might have been unhappy with this potentially macabre statement of [...]
