It should be no surprise that the marketer and inventor behind Sea Monkeys was a charming, whimsical rake. What should surprise you, however, is that he was also a fucking Nazi and weapons manufacturer. Yes, this week the guys dredge up the history of Harold von Braunhut, the huckster and con artist behind such innovations as the Invisible Fish and X-Ray Spex. None of it was real, none of it was true, but we’ll be damned if it didn’t make him a millionaire.

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