There was a time (some 50 years ago) that such products would be restricted to advertising in the back of comic books. X-ray glasses, "sea monkeys", and the lik

There was a time (some 50 years ago) that such products would be restricted to advertising in the back of comic books. X-ray glasses, "sea monkeys", and the like. A lot of it was bullshit, but when it's just a week's allowance out of a kid's pocket, who cares? When you grew up, you could graduate to the special magnet you attached to an automotive fuel to increase fuel mileage up to 20mpg! Oil companies have killed people to keep it a secret! Refer to the full-page ad in this month's Popular Mechanics. Point is, to this old guy it's the same ol' shit, just a different advertising venue and different products.