Always Wondered - SLINKY
05/16/25 • 11 min
Part of the world drives on the right, while the other drives on the left. It's probably just the Universe's way of telling us to stay home! But on this episode, we'll try to make sense of that confusing right/left driving divide. Plus, how did a simple metallic spring coil become one of the biggest-selling toys of all time? Hear the unusual origin story of the Slinky. Join host Rick Peterson for these topics and more as he answers some of the questions you've "Always Wondered" about.
SLINKY is a trademark of POOF-SLINKY, LLC
Part of the world drives on the right, while the other drives on the left. It's probably just the Universe's way of telling us to stay home! But on this episode, we'll try to make sense of that confusing right/left driving divide. Plus, how did a simple metallic spring coil become one of the biggest-selling toys of all time? Hear the unusual origin story of the Slinky. Join host Rick Peterson for these topics and more as he answers some of the questions you've "Always Wondered" about.
SLINKY is a trademark of POOF-SLINKY, LLC
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Part of the world drives on the right, while the other drives on the left. It's probably just the Universe's way of telling us to stay home! But on this episode, we'll try to make sense of that confusing right/left driving divide. Plus, how did a simple metallic spring coil become one of the biggest-selling toys of all time? Hear the unusual origin story of the Slinky. Join host Rick Peterson for these topics and more as he answers some of the questions you've "Always Wondered" about.
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