The Amazing Sea-Monkeys!
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Harold von Braunhut: Inventor Background
Jimmy summarizes von Braunhut's life, patents, toy family ties, and Sea Monkeys' commercialization.
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Jimmy summarizes von Braunhut's life, patents, toy family ties, and Sea Monkeys' commercialization.
Starting in 1960, comic books began advertising mail order pets known as sea monkeys, the brainchild of inventor Harold von Braunhut. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the whimsical creatures, their creator, and a series of disappointing revelations connected to them.
