Fun fact: the electric chair was originally moth size. Once Edison saw how successful it worked on them he decided to scale it for humans he considered their equals.
Inflation man, I remember when you could get 3 Barclays for a dollar. We use to ride our bikes to the corner store and make fun of the people who bought Duras
Could you imagine the power of a sober Russia? It would be amazing. I once hung out with some Russians on the Chinese border, I had to quit drinking after a third of a fifth. They had 2 each, maybe more, was hard to function on that much vodka.