The Completely Bonkers History of the Bathroom Scale
A century ago, few Americans had any idea how much they weighed. Here’s why that changed so dramatically.
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9 min readFeb 15, 2021
In 1922, the Commissioner of Health for Chicago had a scale installed in the lobby of City Hall. Any and all passersby were invited to come in, step on, and find out what they weighed. City residents…
