HISTORICAL FACTS: Sears - Caught on Camera

75 Fascinating Vintage Products That Were The Jam Back In The Day, But Now Look Very Odd

It’s nice to scroll through vintage ads: one might say they were way classier and more interesting than most advertisements in the day. At the same time, they’re also much wilder and more inappropriate, as ads for things like alcohol for pregnant women, soap that turns your hands “soft and…

Bored Panda · Oct 1

People Once Bought Houses From Sears Catalogs — What Did They Actually Cost?

Long before online shopping, Americans could flip through a Sears catalog and order something almost unimaginable today: the materials for an entire house. Sears sold its Modern Homes from 1908 through 1940, and estimates put total sales at roughly 70,000 to 75,000 houses.

Everybody Loves Your Money · Oct 1

Ex-MIL Wants Gift Back From Ex-DIL, Woman Refuses After Remembering Her Own “Missing” Necklace

A couple got divorced. Three years later, she gets an e-mail from her ex-mother-in-law. In it, she asked for a leather bag back, claiming it was a family heirloom — and the woman refused to give it back. The full story is in the article.

Bored Panda · Aug 19

“I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks

David Marks reflects on the surf-rock beginnings of one of the world's most beloved pop-rock institutions, recalling the good times, bad times, and his return to the fold

Guitar World · Jun 2

What You Could Buy With $100 the Year You Were Born

To show just how much the U.S. dollar has changed over time, GOBankingRates compiled the costs of various consumer goods from across the years.

GOBankingRates · Mar 16

“I took the one lesson and left and never went back. I got to learn how to play guitar by myself”: Joan Jett on defying stereotypes and teaching herself guitar by playing along to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records

The Godmother of Punk recalls being told by her guitar teacher that she could only play folk music on acoustic guitar – and that rock was strictly out of bounds

Guitar World · Mar 2

Amazon dethrones Walmart as No. 1 on the Fortune 500. There's a big upside to their rivalry

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

Fortune · Feb 20

The 10 best US products to battle seasonal affective disorder, according to experts

Therapy lights, sunrise alarm clocks and infrared saunas can all help shake the winter blues as the weather drops

The Guardian - US · Jan 25

The True Story That Inspired Abbott Elementary’s Choice To Move The School Into A Mall

The wild story is based in truth.

Cinemablend · Jan 9

What Was the Hottest Sports Video Game of Every Holiday in the 1970s?

Gaming's first decade.

Operation Sports · Dec 19, 2025