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Stuff You Missed in History Class

The Klondike Big Inch Land Promotion

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In the mid-20th century, one ad company had a wacky plan to actually dole out land deeds as part of a cereal promotion. How did they manage it? And was the land worth anything? Read the show notes here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:02.7

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0:14.3

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0:16.5

There's also special events from your favorite artists and podcasters all month,

0:20.3

along with scavenger hunts, exclusive content, and unique items.

0:23.9

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0:27.7

Head to iHeartRadio.com slash iHeartland today.

0:30.7

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseOfWorks.com.

0:42.7

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Paulie Fry.

0:45.7

And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.

0:46.7

And Tracy, I have a question for you.

0:48.7

Sure. When you were a kid, did you love the freebies that came in cereal?

0:53.7

Well, my mother had very strong opinions on which cereals were appropriate.

0:58.7

So many of the cereals that were sold with toys in them were not also cereals we were allowed to eat.

1:07.7

Oh, that makes me so sad.

1:09.7

So, in case some of our listeners do not know, sometimes cereal, particularly cereal aimed at kids,

1:16.7

will sometimes come with a toy or another novelty item in the box as part of like a marketing promotion to boost sales.

1:22.7

And I live for that stuff as a kid.

1:25.7

And I might still live for that stuff as an adult.

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