Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 37, and today we’ll be discussing the 90’s sensation that swept the nation: Furbies!

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References:

Wikipedia: Furby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#:~:text=This%20belief%20most%20likely%20stemmed,banned%20them%20from%20their%20offices.

FAA, NSA, v Furby - https://www.faa.gov/media/19696

Fur-bidden Tech: The conspiracy behind the furby ban - https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2024/05/fur-bidden-tech-the-conspiracy-behind-the-furby-ban/

Mental FLoss: 6 Wild Furby Myths that People actually Believed in the 90’s - https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/furby-myths-people-believed

CBS Evening News: Talking Toy of Spy? (from 1999) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/ 

Ripley’s Believe it or Not: was your Furby Spying on you - https://www.ripleys.com/stories/was-your-furby-spying-on-you