→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut What Happens to Big Food Made to Break World Records? https://youtu.be/QlZ_QsKYx5Y?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 Why Do Mexican Jumping Beans Jump? https://youtu.be/btKs5J7Jh84?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: For all you pet owners out there, has there ever been a time when you’ve just had enough? Enough hairballs, enough grooming, enough messes, enough vet bills and the like? After listening to his friends complain about such things with their pets, Gary Dahl decided to take matters into his own hands and provide the world with the planet’s perfect pet: the Pet Rock. That’s right, folks. In 1975, the biggest fad was to dish over a whopping $3.95 ($17.58 today) to purchase one very ordinary rock. It wasn’t cute or cuddly. It wasn’t a beautiful piece of art. The rock didn’t even have a face! It was just, well, a rock. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/deal-pet-rocks/ Sources: http://www.realclear.com/offbeat/2015/04/01/facts_about_pet_rocks_11458.html#ixzz48Ta8JSfg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1947621_1947626_1947687,00.html http://www.virtualpet.com/vp/farm/petrock/petrock.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/gary-dahl-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-dies-at-78.html?_r=0%20Pet%20Rocks%20-%20http://www.badfads.com/collectibles/pet-rocks/ http://www.newsweek.com/remembering-pet-rocks-and-their-inventor-tough-act-follow-318827 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/gary-dahl-inventor-of-1970s-fad-the-pet-rock-dies-at-78/2015/04/02/f52c6750-d88f-11e4-8103-fa