Bangkok Post [Thailand]
13 June 2019
'Power cards cure all' hoax
spreads in Khon Kaen
KHON KAEN: "Power cards" claimed to cure all
illnesses have been sold to local residents in some areas of the northeastern
province at up to 1,500 baht apiece. Sellers told customers that their pains would
stop if they placed the cards on the spots. They also claimed other illnesses
could be cured if users drank water stirred with a card or placed a cup on it
first. Believers then had to pay 1,100-1,500 baht for each card. […]
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A blason populaire about Tasmanians having two heads “is
most likely to have come from the widespread cases of goitre in Tasmania
throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.” A more fanciful explanation is that it
“comes from World War I, when soldiers from the island state allegedly
requested two pillows for their bunks instead of the usual one.”
ABC [Australia]
13 June 2019
What is the origin of the
joke about Tasmanians having two heads?
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J. Penelope Goforth, “Ode to a Sponge,” Northwest Passage (Seattle, WA), vol.
18, no. 7, Sep. 19-Oct. 9, 1978, p. 24. “I have heard rumors that the Tampax
Company uses certain chemical additives on their product designed to stimulate
the flow of blood (and thereby sell more tampax).”
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