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The Dark Past of Sea Monkeys

#JustAddWater #SeaMonkeys This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by an inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full of fun facts (both charming and disturbing), Just Add Water is a colorful short film about a half-century of marketing directly to children, the force of nostalgia in pop culture, and an unlikely meeting of flim-flam and hard science. A film by Penny Lane. This Great Big Film was made in collaboration with our friends at CNN Films. By Great Big Story, Published on Dec 27, 2016