fromLos Angeles Times
9 months ago5 fascinating facts about motels, from murders and movies to Magic Fingers
From the late 1950s into the '80s, thousands of motels proudly advertised their Magic Fingers - a little collection of vibrating electric nodes under your mattress that would give you a 15-minute 'massage' for 25 cents, inspiring creators from Kurt Vonnegut to Frank Zappa. Alas, their moment passed.
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