The Amazing Sea-Monkeys!
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Sea Monkeys: Origins and Early Ads
Dom and Jimmy introduce Sea Monkeys and read early Instant Life advertisements and claims.
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Transcript
Dom and Jimmy introduce Sea Monkeys and read early Instant Life advertisements and claims.
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.
