Fads of the 1920

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Fads of the 1920s
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Interesting, yet useless facts

• The peanut butter and jelly sandwich became
  famous in 1922.
• The 1 bestselling book was a Manners book by
  Emily Post. People enjoyed it because they said
  it was not snobby.
• A White house dinner guest of the president
  Calvin Coolidge talked so little that they bet
  they could get him to say more then two words.
  The guest told him of the wager and he replied,
  You lose.
• 1923 Lord Carnavon opened Pharaoh Tutankhamuns
  tomb, which was said if you did you would die for
  disturbing it. Six months later he died from an
  insect bite while working in the tomb.

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Clothes of the 1920s

• People wore hats that were called flappers.
• Women usually wore skirts and dresses, and rarely
  wore pants.
• Women wore hats called cloches, and scarfs
  around their neck.
• Womens skirts could be made out of wool, silk,
  linen, and cotton.
• The skirts were decorated with candy, flowers,
  and feathers.
• Women wore dresses that stopped at the knee and
  had no waist line. This was called the Flapper
  Look.
• Mens cloths have basically stayed the same over
  the years.

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Dances of the 1920s

• The most enjoyed and famous dances of the 1920s
  were the Charleston, Fox-trot, and the shimmy.
• There were dance marathons every weekend, which
  everyone attended.
• The longest dance ever recorded was a record of 3
  weeks of dancing.

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More Interesting yet useless facts

• Reeses peanut butter chocolate bars were invented
  in the 1920s.
• Penicillin was invented in 1928 by Alexander
  Fleming.
• In May 1927 Lucky Lindbergh flew the first solo
  nonstop flight from New York to Paris. It took 33
  and 1/3 hours.
• Kool-aid was made in the 1920s. The original
  flavors were cherry, lemon-lime, grape, orange
  root-beer, strawberry, and raspberry.
• The hairdryer was invented in 1920. Before that
  women would connect a long hose to a vacuum
  exhaust pipe.

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Just a couple more.

• Pez candies came out in 1927.
• The SAT tests came along in the 1920s.
• Mickey Mouse and Pooh bear were invented in the
  1920s.
• Crossword puzzles were very popular.
• The first Miss America Pageant was held in the
  early 1920s.
• Films with sound came out in the 1920s.
• Smoking cigarettes was a very common fad. Women
  smoked a very long cigarette holder.