Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Larry Sprinkle tells us about the first patent for the Hula Hoop that was approved on this day in 1963. Who is James Talarico? A ...

The Hula-Hoop is one of the most famous toys in history, but the science behind it has gotten little attention. Some of us are master twirlers, while others can't manage more than one spin. So how do ...

A circular piece of plastic tubing sparked one of the greatest fads in American history. People have danced and played with hoops for centuries, but when a California company called Wham-O began mass ...

Twenty-five million plastic rings, sold in sixteen weeks, at $1.98 apiece, out of a garage-turned-toy-company in California. That’s the number History.com’s retrospective on the hoop’s patent history ...

A high-speed camera films a robotic hula hooper with an hourglass shape, which helps the hoop stay up. Credit: NYU’s Applied Mathematics Laboratory Successful hula hooping requires a body type with ...

In 1956, Joan Anderson, a Los Angeles housewife and onetime model, flew to Australia, her home country, to visit her parents. When she arrived, she realized that a curious fitness craze had taken hold ...

On a trip to Sydney in 1956, Joan Anderson was amazed to discover a new trend sweeping Australia's beaches and streets. People were "doing the hoop" -- twirling a sturdy, circular ring of bamboo ar ...

There's only so many things we can handle at once but eight hula hoops on fire is enough for Grace Good to manage. Good, 30, is joining the 2024 group of Guinness World Record holders for setting the ...