Barbie has somewhat became an cult in our society, kids know more about Barbie than their next math homework. How did Barbie get her name and how was she created?
The Story Behind Barbie
Barbie was designed by Ruth Handler, whom named it after her daughter Barbara, who somewhat was the cause of the creation. Ruth noticed that her daughter enjoyed playing with paper dolls. Most of them were young people, so Ruth thought about making a doll that was an adult. She had noticed her daughter would give the young dolls the roles of adults that is why she came up with the idea. She proposed the idea to her husband Elliot who was Co founder of the company Mattel, he and the other execs didn’t like the idea, they thought it wouldn’t sell well. While Ruth clearly thought that there was a place in the market for adult dolls. When the Handlers went on a trip to Europe, in Germany Ruth noticed an adult prostitute doll named Bild Lili, the doll was doing well in Germany with kids and adults. Ruth gave one to her daughter and brought a few models for the company. After seeing the success it had in Germany, Mattel started producing these in the US. By 1959, Barbie was in most stores, she became a hit. Later Mattel released Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, who was named after the Handler’s son.
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Ever wondered why are chopsticks so prominent in the East, especially China, Japan and Korea. The tradition started a long time ago, many ask why didn’t they just use standard cutlery like the Europeans or vice-versa. The Chinese did consider the practice of cutting a carcass on a table a bit barbaric. A Chinese proverb said the following “We sit at the dinner table to eat and not cut up a carcass.”, the meaning was eating should be simplified and so foot was cut into tiny pieces before being served or put on a meal. Since then Chopstick became the perfect utility to bring small pieces of meat to your mouth.
In most eastern countries where Chopsticks are used, they each have a different kind of chopstick. Most people use chopsticks for most meals but rice is a very common dish so spoons are used too.
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Gross was a prejudging way to call obese or overweight people. Gross is from a latin word, more specifically “grossus“, it’s meaning can be thick or large. In the 14th century that word spawned another word which was grocer, which meant a merchant who sold tons of items. See the connection between that grocer word and grocery? Yes they have a history together. To a man studying in finance gross means “without deductions”. To “Gross Out” in the emotion sense means being disgusted by something really over the top, the expression came to be in our standard language around 1960s.
There is an insect in Africa which is called Ptyelus Grossus, it is suppose to be one of the most disgusting things to look at. The images might not horrify you but seeing them in real will turn your stomach upside down.
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