Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

We tend not to think about the objects we encounter each day and where they came from.

We've always used short plastic sticks with nylon bristles to brush our teeth or washed

our hands in porcelain basins or enjoyed our morning cup of coffee in a ceramic mug.

But who were the first people to brush their teeth that way or wash their hands in a sink

or use a mug to hold hot beverages?

For the most part, we don't think about those things because we don't really care as

long as they work the way they're supposed to.

But one man cared and he let everyone know it.

Henry was upset.

On December 28th of 1917, he penned an article in the New York Evening Mail about an anniversary

that seemed to have slipped by without any attention paid.

There was no fanfare or fireworks, not even a short write-up in the local papers.

What had everyone forgotten?

The Bath Tub

December 20th of that year marked the 75th anniversary of the Bath Tubs introduction

to the United States.

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