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🎶 Sound of Music facts, wild old playgrounds, Bambi movie magic, 1960s pool floats, retro cold cut trays, 70s computers & more!

May 29, 2025

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The real story of The Sound of Music & 20 ways the popular movie got it wrong

These 47 dangerous old playgrounds were risky, chaotic – and totally normal (at the time)

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Vintage pool floats & air mattresses from the 60s delivered fun in the sun

Bambi movie magic: How Disney’s most emotional film changed animation & why it took 5 years to make (1942)

Chicago back in the 1950s

From around 1957, here’s a postcard from old Chicago that I found in my grandparents’ things. The caption on the back: “Buckingham Fountain and Chicago Midway Airport. Two of the outstanding points of interest in Chicagoland.”

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